Joy101 reviewed Madame Bovary / Madam Bovary by Flaubert Gustave
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Paperback, 291 pages
English language
Published Aug. 6, 1992 by Penguin Books.
4 stars
(76 reviews)
Madame Bovary is Flaubert's masterpiece, initially a succes de scandale and now a landmark in European literature.
He took for his subject French bourgeois life in all its inglorious banality, and invented a paradoxically original and wholly modern style to match. His heroine is Emma, a bored provincial housewife who abandons her husband Charles Bovary to pursue the libertine Rodolphe in a desperate love affair. (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.
