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Epigraph explained
A single line from Jules Laforgue introduces the book, expressing a sense of unhappiness that is neither the speaker's fault nor life's.
What happens
A single line from Jules Laforgue introduces the book, expressing a sense of unhappiness that is neither the speaker's fault nor life's.
Key passages
“Donc je suis malheureux et ce n’est ni ma faute ni celle de la vie.”
So I am unhappy, and it is neither my fault nor life's.
The epigraph sets a tone of existential resignation.