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I really like Flaubert's writing. He does not just tell what something looked like, but also what it sounded like and smelled. And the writing is non-jugding. So Charles is boring? Flaubert does not tell us if that is good a bad. He is calm and satisfied with the small things in life. He don't even say that Charles is boring – he shows us. That makes it much harder to tell what Flaubert's intent was, I think.
There is a general theme in the book about perception of reality and reality, and the d ...more
There is a general theme in the book about perception of reality and reality, and the d ...more
Upgrading from 4 stars to 5 stars. Emma Bovary has stuck with me and I think of her often
I swear by the steegmuller translation - I've read excerpts of others and they do not compare. I can't believe how often I think of Emma. ...more
I swear by the steegmuller translation - I've read excerpts of others and they do not compare. I can't believe how often I think of Emma. ...more
Very, very good. A shame Emma never figured it out.
Jan 01, 2009
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