Question

What is the subject of the excerpt? A Mathildes love for expensive things, the financial condition of women, Mathildes discontent with her humble lifestyle, the status of women in the 19th century

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The subject of this excerpt is money: as Mathilde's longing or motivation, a limitations that conditions her because of her gender, also her reason for dissatisfaction, and that which determines her social status. All these topics are linked by the common theme/subject "money".