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Old 05-17-2011, 09:16 AM  
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Originally Posted by CaptainHowdy View Post
Why do you think a writer is trying to pass any "moral" judgement?? They're not preaching nor ranting.

Get a hold of Sartre's Flaubert (The Family Idiot) if you're really interested on the subject.
I thought he was condemning adultery because the way the ending was sort of rigged with the father and grandmother dying so that the poor innocent daugher ended up in the workhouse, just because her mother was a slut.
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