There was no use in trying to emancipate a wife who had not the dimmes…

Edith Wharton
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There was no use in trying to emancipate a wife who had not the dimmest notion that she was not free. ✨ Edith Wharton (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated), p.2085, Delphi Classics
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There was no use in trying to emancipate a wife who had not the dimmest notion that she was not free. ✨ Edith Wharton (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated), p.2085, Delphi Classics

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