MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE
LA LECTURE EST CONTAGIEUSE, 2022
A new book bag from MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE, in an edition of 50, with another quotation from Sylvain Maréchal’s tract on why women should not be taught to read -- this time Maréchal is quoting Molière. The text reads:
LA LECTURE EST CONTAGIEUSE :
SITÔT QU’UNE FEMME
OUVRE UN LIVRE,
ELLE SE CROIT
EN ÉTAT D’EN FAIRE ;
ET FEMME QUI COMPOSE
EN SAIT PLUS
QU’IL NE FAUT.
In translation (with which the Editor has been rather liberal):Reading is contagiouse: as soon as a woman opens a book, she believes herself to be capable of doing so. And a woman who composes knows more than enough.
LA LECTURE EST CONTAGIEUSE :
SITÔT QU’UNE FEMME
OUVRE UN LIVRE,
ELLE SE CROIT
EN ÉTAT D’EN FAIRE ;
ET FEMME QUI COMPOSE
EN SAIT PLUS
QU’IL NE FAUT.
In translation (with which the Editor has been rather liberal):Reading is contagiouse: as soon as a woman opens a book, she believes herself to be capable of doing so. And a woman who composes knows more than enough.
Red cotton book bag
Edition of 50
£8.50
The Editor will throw in a surprise book if purchased at the amazing price of £10. The book will be one of the three slim volumes of excellent poetry from the Meteors series.
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Edition of 50
£8.50
The Editor will throw in a surprise book if purchased at the amazing price of £10. The book will be one of the three slim volumes of excellent poetry from the Meteors series.
Next Book ->