Jules Renard: Ever since I met the real peasants , every bucolic has seemed like a lie to me: even mine. (September 19, C.E.1904; Verg

Ever since I met the real peasants , every bucolic has seemed like a lie to me: — Jules Renard

Ever since I met the real peasants , every bucolic has seemed like a lie to me: even mine. (September 19, C.E.1904; Vergani, pp. 219-220)

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