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Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
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August 1, 2024
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Carrie
Feb 01, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: spring-tbr, 4-and-a-half-to-5-stars, classics, favorites, re-read, gg
I must say it was excellent. Quite the page turner. I enjoyed Emma's character even when I know I probably shouldn't. But I could relate to her at times. Charles was a fool, who I didn't pity or feel sorry for. At first yes I did, and first I liked his character but, I guess you'll just have to read it for yourselves to understand why I feel the way I do towards him.

If you haven't read this novel you must. ...more
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Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
Mar 11, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: read-adult-fiction, read-classics
I never expected to like this, but it was a reading group selection at my public library, so I decided to try it. Flaubert is such a master of describing characters and feminine psychology that I was sucked right into the story and didn't want to put it down. I love it when a book I don't expect to like turns out excellent! When it was written back in the 1840s, it was considered quite racy; not so today. But readers today can relate to the characters, because people still search for love in all ...more
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Charlene
Dec 11, 2007 rated it liked it
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Amy 💖
Mar 30, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: classics
I debated 4 or 5 stars and finally chose 5 because the writing is exceptional.
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Dana
Sep 17, 2007 marked it as to-read
Rora
Jun 22, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics
Kaitlin
Dec 13, 2008 marked it as to-read
Nik
Mar 23, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Pamela
Apr 09, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Jennifer Ozawa
Dec 08, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: to-borrow
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Laura
Sep 19, 2010 marked it as to-read
Mackenzie
Dec 09, 2010 marked it as to-read
Chris C
Nov 30, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kathie
Mar 30, 2012 rated it liked it
Catie
May 27, 2012 marked it as to-read
Mike
Sep 27, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction
Kai Coates
Jun 08, 2013 rated it really liked it
Debra Harrison
Jan 21, 2014 marked it as to-read
Jaci McCon
May 04, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own, read-before-2008
Lea
Apr 16, 2015 rated it did not like it
Kelly
Apr 29, 2015 marked it as to-read
Shelves: the-novel-100
Cambria
Jul 17, 2017 marked it as to-read
Cheryl
Dec 31, 2017 marked it as consider-reading
ShelleyO
Jan 07, 2018 rated it really liked it
Joseph
Mar 20, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: bulk_import
Kellee
Mar 14, 2019 marked it as to-read
Shelves: rg-reading-list
Monica W.
May 02, 2019 marked it as to-read
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