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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
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Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

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  2. DLSmithies recommends Don Quixote, "Don Quixote was Flaubert's favourite book, and I've read somewhere that the idea of Madame Bovary is to re-tell the story of Don Quixote in a different (see more) context. Don Quixote is obsessed with chivalric literature, and immerses himself in it to the extent that he loses his grip on reality. Emma Bovary is bewitched by Romantic literature in the same way. There are lots of parallels between the two novels, and I think putting them side by side can lead to a better understanding of both."
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I have heard a lot about this story an couldn’t wait anymore to get to it.

Emma Bovary is a woman who can’t sit still and settle down. It’s a story about adultery and emptiness in Madame Bovary’s life and how despite it all her husband sticks by her side and loves her.

In the beginning, the reader feels the story is going to focus on Charles, as he is all we hear about, until he meets Emma and suddenly the book takes a turn and we find the true meaning of the title.

It really is a piece of work and Flaubert does a magnificent job creating this character in Bovary that is unexpected and likable despite her faults.
blondierocket | Jun 28, 2009 |  
What could I possibly say about Madame Bovary that has not already been said? However, having read both this and the Norton edition, I would point out that the Steegmuller translation is infinitely better.

Madame Bovary is just one of those novels that will eternally be considered a classic, in both French and English. The precision of language, the well-developed characters...this is a novel worth reading many times over.
jabberwockiness | Jun 24, 2009 |  
It's rare that I hate a main character and simultaneously really like the book, but that's the case for this book. Seeing the world through such a selfish person's eyes as Madame Bovary the way Flaubert writes it was a wonderful experience. ( )
gaialover2 | Jun 12, 2009 |  
This is a classic that reads like a contemporary novel. I won't get into the plot since there are already a million reviews that do so, but I will say how much I enjoyed this book. The characters are all seriously flawed, and many of them are not the least bit likeable, but they are honest and realistic and worthy of both sympathy and contempt. Even if you hate them, you are still interested in what happens to them.

Fantastic book! ( )
kjhill45 | Jun 5, 2009 |  
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Marie-Antoine-Jules Senard
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Nous étions à l'Etude, quand le Proviseur entra suivi d'un "nouveau" habillé en bourgeois et d'un garçon de classe qui portait un grand pupitre.
We were in study hall when the headmaster walked in, followed by a new boy not wearing a school uniform, and by a janitor carrying a large desk.
We were at prep, when the Head came in, followed by a new boy not in uniform and a school-servant carrying a big desk.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0192100254, Hardcover)

This translation is Gerard Hopkins's 1949 classic rendition of Flaubert's great novel. It is supplemented by an luminous introduction by Anita Brookner.

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