Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert · 1880

Human translation · Translated by Eleanor Marx (†1898) · Source: Wikisource · Public domain

We were in class when the head-master came in, followed by a "new fellow," not wearing the school uniform, and a school servant carrying a large desk. Those who had been asleep woke up, and every one rose as if just surprised at his work. The head-master made a sign to us to sit down. Then, turning to the class-master, he said to him in a low voice—Opening · Eleanor Marx

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