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Mrs.Pontellier was not a woman given to confidences, a chararacteristic hitherto contrary to her nature. Even as a child she had lived her own small life all within herself. At a very early period she had aprehended instinctively the dual life, that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.
Mrs.Pontellier was not a woman given to confidences, a chararacteristic hitherto contrary to her nature. Even as a child she had lived her own small life all within herself. At a very early period she had aprehended instinctively the dual life, that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.
Approximate author period: c. 1877 AD · industrial
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- Kate Chopin
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- Approximate author period: c. 1877 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Kate Chopin: life dates 1850 to 1904. Wikidata Q230476, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230476 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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