
Julian Barnes: Flaubert at 200
The LRB Podcast
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Flaubert's Misremembering
Adutare occurs eight times in the singular and three in the plural. There is nothing super subtle in flaubert's usage. The word always occurs in a sexual context, never once used in a metaphorical or elusive sense in reference to milk or any other food stuff. But then, if readers misremember, it's comforting to know that writers do as well.
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