#you know what's a real problem? me trying to find a decent translation of gautier’s tortunio
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I wish that something would happen to me, some strange, unexpected adventure — everything has become indifferent to me, everything is insupportable to me.
Théophile Gautier, “One of Cleopatra's Nights” (1838)
#that sounds like a you problem cleo#you know what's a real problem? me trying to find a decent translation of gautier’s tortunio#i could just pick up an old french copy and see what happens#but is my french THAAAAAT good?#non#non.#[cries into my penguin edition of mademoiselle de maupin]#theophile gautier#literature
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