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“Progress had not invaded, science had not enlightened, the little hamlet of Pieuvrot, in Brittany. They were a simple, ignorant, superstitious set who lived there, and the luxuries of civilization were known to them as little as its learning. They toiled hard all the week on the ungrateful soil that yielded them but a bare subsistence in return; they went regularly to mass in the little rock-set chapel on Sundays and saint’s days; believed implicitly all that monsieur le cure said to them, and many things which he did not say; and they took all the unknown, not as magnificent but as diabolical”

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Eliza Lynn Linton
Eliza Lynn Linton

Eliza Lynn Linton, a British novelist, was born on February 10, 1822, and died on July 14, 1898. Her works are known for their delicate emotions and profound social insights, primarily focusing on women's status and marriage issues. more

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