Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 1

           HereweareontheconfinesofNormandy,Picardy,andtheIle-de-France,abastardlandwhoselanguageiswithoutaccentanditslandscapeiswithoutcharacter.ItistherethattheymaketheworstNeufchatelcheesesofallthearrondissement;and,ontheotherhand,farmingiscostlybecausesomuchmanureisneededtoenrichthisfriablesoilfullofsandandflints.

           Upto1835therewasnopracticableroadforgettingtoYonville,butaboutthistimeacross-roadwasmadewhichjoinsthatofAbbevilletothatofAmiens,andisoccasionallyusedbytheRouenwagonersontheirwaytoFlanders.Yonville-l’Abbayehasremainedstationaryinspiteofits"newoutlet."Insteadofimprovingthesoil,theypersistinkeepingupthepasturelands,howeverdepreciatedtheymaybeinvalue,andthelazyborough,growingawayfromtheplain,hasnaturallyspreadriverwards.Itisseemfromafarsprawlingalongthebankslikeacowherdtakingasiestabythewater-side.

           Atthefootofthehillbeyondthebridgebeginsaroadway,plantedwithyoungaspens,thatleadsinastraightlinetothefirsthousesintheplace.These,fencedinbyhedges,areinthemiddleofcourtyardsfullofstragglingbuildings,wine-presses,cart-shedsanddistilleriesscatteredunderthicktrees,withladders,poles,orscytheshungontothebranches.Thethatchedroofs,likefurcapsdrawnovereyes,reachdownoveraboutathirdofthelowwindows,whosecoarseconvexglasseshaveknotsinthemiddlelikethebottomsofbottles.

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