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marie claire
marguerite audoux was an early 20thcenturyfrench novelist . audoux had a difficult childhood after becoming an orphan and her early time in paris was quite difficult . she eventually became a part of the parisian intelligencia . marie claire is the first of four autobiographical novels beginning with the death of her mother and the departure of her father . she talks of her time in the orphanage and her life on a farm in villevielle . she falls in love with henri deslois but his mother refuses to let her see him again and she returns to the convent orphanage before leaving for paris .