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in France and tells the story of a young girl who goes under the name of Thérèse. Her story is recounted to Madame de
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helped her to escape along with her band. To escape, Miss Dubois arranged a fire to break out in the prison, in which 21 people died. After escaping the band of Dubois, Justine wanders off and accidentally trespasses upon the lands of the count of
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with promises of a post caring for his wife, but she is then confined in a cave and subject to much the same punishment. These punishments are mostly the same throughout, even when she goes to a
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that characterized his later writing, as it was written in the classical style (which was fashionable at the time), with much verbose and metaphorical description.
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