“Sometimes they opened a book and closed it again; what was the point? On other days they had the idea of tidying up the garden, but after a quarter of an hour they felt tired; or of looking at their farm, but they came back sick at heart; or doing household jobs, but Germaine cried out in protest; they gave up.” TiredBoredWhat S The PointLacklustre Book:Bouvard and Pécuchet with The Dictionary of Received Ideas Source: Bouvard and Pécuchet with The Dictionary of Received Ideas