Madame Bovary : (Langue Française) (Paperback)

from nbmars

Generally acclaimed as one of the great 19th century novels, Madame Bovary lives up to its reputation. Even in translation, Flaubert's efforts to find le mot juste comes through. Although many of the characters evidently are meant to be archetypes of common personalities, Flaubert limns each one ...

from SeriousGrace

This book should have been the mister rather than the missus Bovary. In my opinion Charles Bovary is what you would call a nineteenth century sad sack. When we first meet Charles (for he starts and ends the book as you'll soon see) he is a shy student who grows up to become a second rate doctor (...

from ImperfectCJ

I'll think I'll end up reading this one again. I really enjoyed the story and the found the progression of the plot to be realistic (if not always satisfying). I can't decide how I feel about Emma Bovary. I get the sense that I may get a different impression of this book if I read it in a more al...

from jasonlf

The first time I read Madame Bovary I neither enjoyed it nor particularly liked it. The issue was probably my expectations, the lack of any particularly sympathetic characters, a moral resolution, or the large canvas one gets with something like Anna Karenina. This time, however, I I found it stu...

from Cecrow

I came to Madame Bovary bearing in mind two quotes: author Dan Simmons' claim that it "separated the history of novels into two categories - Before Madame Bovary and After Madame Bovary"; and what Henry James said, that this novel "has a perfection that not only stamps it, but that makes it stand...