Joy101 reviewed Madame Bovary / Madam Bovary by Flaubert Gustave
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Paperback, 332 pages
English language
Published Sept. 6, 2010 by Oneworld Classics.
Madame Bovary
4 stars
(76 reviews)
Beautiful Emma Rouault yearns for the life of wealth, passion, and romance she has encountered in popular sentimental fiction, and when her doctor, the well-meaning but awkward and unremarkable Charles Bovary, begins to pay her attention, she imagines that she may be granted her wish. However, after their marriage, Emma soon becomes frustrated with the boredom of provincial life and finds herself seeking escape and contemplating adultery. As Emma’s efforts to make a reality of her fantasies become more dangerous, both she and those around her must face the shattering consequences of her actions.
Causing widespread scandal when it was published in 1857, Gustave Flaubert’s masterpiece is one of the landmark works of 19th-century realist fiction. This crisp new translation captures the psychological realism of the original and echoes the verbal precision for which Flaubert is rightly famed. This edition includes pictures and an extensive section about the author's life …
Beautiful Emma Rouault yearns for the life of wealth, passion, and romance she has encountered in popular sentimental fiction, and when her doctor, the well-meaning but awkward and unremarkable Charles Bovary, begins to pay her attention, she imagines that she may be granted her wish. However, after their marriage, Emma soon becomes frustrated with the boredom of provincial life and finds herself seeking escape and contemplating adultery. As Emma’s efforts to make a reality of her fantasies become more dangerous, both she and those around her must face the shattering consequences of her actions.
Causing widespread scandal when it was published in 1857, Gustave Flaubert’s masterpiece is one of the landmark works of 19th-century realist fiction. This crisp new translation captures the psychological realism of the original and echoes the verbal precision for which Flaubert is rightly famed. This edition includes pictures and an extensive section about the author's life and works. --back cover
Ulf Hundeiker reviewed Madame Bovary by Flaubert Gustave
Erstaunlich modern
5 stars
Präzise, zum Teil auch ein wenig bissig, beschrieben. Der Ehebruch wird so angedeutet, dass man genau weiß, was Sache ist, ohne dass es zu genau ausgesprochen oder aber drumherumgeeiert wird. Die Charaktere sind schön ausgearbeitet. Das Ende finde ich besonders bemerkenswert und eindrücklich dargestellt.
Hilo reviewed Madame Bovary by Flaubert Gustave (Oxford World's Classics)
Review of 'Madame Bovary' on 'Goodreads'
Gekürztes Hörbuch. Wunderschöne Analyse wie eine Frau von ihren Glückserwartungen an Liebe, Ehe und Familie zerstört wird.
Stephen Hayes reviewed Madame Bovary by Flaubert Gustave
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4 stars
Looking for something to read during the Covid lock-down, with all the public libraries closed, when I found this in a second-hand bookshop I bought it, mainly because I thought I had seen it on one of those "books to read before you die" lists.
The blurb, however, did not sou d promising -- the fantasies of a bored small-town bourgeois housewife did not sound particularly interesting. Nevertheless I started to read it.
What hooked me first was the style. Even in translation, [a:Gustave Flaubert|1461|Gustave Flaubert|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1198541369p2/1461.jpg]'s descriptions -- of settings, people, their thoughts and emotions -- were brilliant. So I read it slowly, a chapter at a time, and then went off to read something else. It seemed to be the best way to read it, to savour the prose style.
It was only about three-quarter5s of the way through that I began to get hooked into the plot, and …
Looking for something to read during the Covid lock-down, with all the public libraries closed, when I found this in a second-hand bookshop I bought it, mainly because I thought I had seen it on one of those "books to read before you die" lists.
The blurb, however, did not sou d promising -- the fantasies of a bored small-town bourgeois housewife did not sound particularly interesting. Nevertheless I started to read it.
What hooked me first was the style. Even in translation, [a:Gustave Flaubert|1461|Gustave Flaubert|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1198541369p2/1461.jpg]'s descriptions -- of settings, people, their thoughts and emotions -- were brilliant. So I read it slowly, a chapter at a time, and then went off to read something else. It seemed to be the best way to read it, to savour the prose style.
It was only about three-quarter5s of the way through that I began to get hooked into the plot, and thought I must finish this book before I read anything else. The book has been around long enough that there must be spoilers everywhere, but it should still be possible to avoid them.
Sharyl reviewed Madame Bovary by Flaubert Gustave (Oxford World's Classics)
Review of 'Madame Bovary' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This story is haunting--and I finally know what that means. It's so well-written that I could actually feel Madame Bovary's boredom and inner despair.
There is a strong message here, as well, about what ennui can do. In this case, it lead to actions that not only ruined Madame Bovary's life, but that of her family, as well. Very tragic.
“Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.”
(Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)
Baltipink reviewed Madame Bovary by Flaubert Gustave (Oxford World's Classics)
Review of 'Madame Bovary' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Classic examples of everything and everyone we should not be.
