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Elizabeth
Oct 13, 2006 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: france, classics, fiction
Flaubert is an amazing writer, if you have never read any of his literature this would be a great choice.
Suvi
Right now I feel like four stars is the more accurate rating, but I can easily imagine myself reading this again years later and giving it a full five.

I presume Flaubert wanted the reader to dislike almost all the main characters, or at least to consider their motivations for their dislikeable behaviour. I mean, that's just what I have gathered from some reviews I've stumbled upon sporadically over the years. I hate to admit it, but I found Charles infuriating at times. Depicted as a mediocre co
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SarahC
Nov 01, 2010 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: france, 19th-century
The emotions rendered by a novel not only make the novel challenging, but, I believe now, make it difficult to write a review of the novel. I do see why Madame Bovary is known as a heavy-hitter in literature. It is a unequivocal portrait of life and individual self-absorption that is very recognizable and quite timeless. There are many things to like about this book. The narrative framework is beautiful, so that this intense story of Emma Bovary builds at a good pace and the story unfolds rather ...more
Erin (NY)
I am not sure what to say about this book. It is all about Emma, a perpetually unhappy housewife. She gets herself in all sorts of troubles, affairs, debt, etc. She ignores her kid, despises her husband and buys and buys things she does not need.

I think the reason why I think this book stood the test of time, is because how relevant the lessons are to today's life. We all know Emma Bouvaries.
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Anie
The story of Madame Bovary is not particularly unusual: the story of a French bourgeois woman who keeps taking lovers and getting into debt. The writing, however, is worth remembering. Even in translation, Flaubert's writing is notable: the images he employs are great. I wish I could have read it in the original French. ...more
Vicky
i was possessed by this novel this weekend
KC
May 16, 2007 rated it liked it
Summer Rae Garcia
Jul 04, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Gerg
Jul 06, 2007 rated it it was ok
Kay
Aug 05, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, european-lit
Christina
Sep 08, 2007 rated it liked it
Sarah
Sep 16, 2007 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: book-club-rg, owned, tbr
Jim
Oct 14, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 1001-bymrbyd
Pamela
Apr 09, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Isabel
Jun 15, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics
Jennifer Eklund
Jul 22, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: i-own
hannah
Jun 19, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Gaelyn
Sep 09, 2019 rated it liked it
Jillian
Jan 16, 2011 marked it as to-read
Jen
Jan 24, 2011 marked it as to-read
erin
Jun 14, 2011 marked it as to-read
Jenny
Jul 12, 2011 rated it liked it
Oblomov
Oct 11, 2011 marked it as to-read
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