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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“That name that courses through my soul and that just escaped from me! 'Madame Bovary!' Everyone calls you that. And it's not even your name, it's someone else's”
“Every bourgeois in the heat of his youth has believed himself capable if only for a single day, a single moment of tremendous passions and noble exploits. The most mediocre rake has dreamed of sultanas; every notary caries within himself the remains of a poet.”
Oof another woman written by a man that I was not a fan of. At least this book was relatively short (yes, I’m still upset about the 600 pages of Henry Jame that I read last month). It’s easy for me to compare classics of the “woman’s downfall” genre to Anna Karenina and maybe that’s unfair. While I love and feel for Anna I felt nothing toward Madame Emma Bovary except annoyance and frustration. She is the definition of discontent. She creates her own misery by obsessing and romanticizing everything that is not her own. I felt bad for her husband who was a bit dumb and oblivious but who would have cut off his own arms if she said that would make her happy. But instead she said nothing. The only things I enjoyed in this book was Flaubert’s incredibly detailed writing that transports you to 1830s France and his excellent and ironic commentary on the bourgeoisie middle class that had begun to exist at this time.
Gustave Flaubert hated women and it shows in Emma Bovary. He famously proclaimed, “Madame Bovary, c’est moi,” but it’s hard not to read Emma’s slow destruction as less a reflection of his own internal struggles and more a thinly veiled expression of contempt. Emma deserved better than being a punching bag for his bitterness.
3.5/5 arrondi pour Goodreads
Après l'avoir lu ado, après l'avoir laissé tomber adulte, j'ai repris Madame Bovary et l'ai enfin terminé, même si j'ai bien réfléchi avant de lui donner une note.
Il faut s'accrocher au début, car Flaubert nous fait très bien ressentir l'ennui qu'expérimente Emma et franchement, on ne lui en veut pas beaucoup d'essayer de pimenter sa vie autant qu'elle peut. Ceci dit, Emma n'est pas un personnage sympathique, mais il faut avouer que la pauvre n'est pas aidée et qu'elle est dotée d'une imagination galopante et romantique qui la dessert. J'ai lutté pour finir ce livre, même si un certain stade passé, il se lit beaucoup mieux. Mais j'ai trouvé l'écriture de Flaubert formidable et ses personnages éminemment bien croqués. Je ne le relirai pas de sitôt mais tout de même, Flaubert, chapeau bas.
After having read it as a teenager, after DNFing it as an adult, I finally read Madame Bovary again and finally finished it, even if it took me some time to decide on a rating.
You have to persevere because at the beginning, Flaubert makes us feel acutely Emma Bovary's boredom and I found it hard to judge her for trying to spice up her life as much as she could. Emma is no nice character, but you have to give it to her, life isn't great, especially with her romantic imagination running wild. I fought to finish this novel, even if at a certain stage, it becomes easier to read.
But I found Flaubert's writing style wonderful and his characters beautifully drawn. I won't re-read it anytime soon, but I have to bow to Flaubert's tour de force.
Après l'avoir lu ado, après l'avoir laissé tomber adulte, j'ai repris Madame Bovary et l'ai enfin terminé, même si j'ai bien réfléchi avant de lui donner une note.
Il faut s'accrocher au début, car Flaubert nous fait très bien ressentir l'ennui qu'expérimente Emma et franchement, on ne lui en veut pas beaucoup d'essayer de pimenter sa vie autant qu'elle peut. Ceci dit, Emma n'est pas un personnage sympathique, mais il faut avouer que la pauvre n'est pas aidée et qu'elle est dotée d'une imagination galopante et romantique qui la dessert. J'ai lutté pour finir ce livre, même si un certain stade passé, il se lit beaucoup mieux. Mais j'ai trouvé l'écriture de Flaubert formidable et ses personnages éminemment bien croqués. Je ne le relirai pas de sitôt mais tout de même, Flaubert, chapeau bas.
After having read it as a teenager, after DNFing it as an adult, I finally read Madame Bovary again and finally finished it, even if it took me some time to decide on a rating.
You have to persevere because at the beginning, Flaubert makes us feel acutely Emma Bovary's boredom and I found it hard to judge her for trying to spice up her life as much as she could. Emma is no nice character, but you have to give it to her, life isn't great, especially with her romantic imagination running wild. I fought to finish this novel, even if at a certain stage, it becomes easier to read.
But I found Flaubert's writing style wonderful and his characters beautifully drawn. I won't re-read it anytime soon, but I have to bow to Flaubert's tour de force.
Le summum de la littérature!! Je ne crois pas qu’il soit possible d’avoir un style plus parfait.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Der Stil von Flaubert entschädigt dafür, dass die Geschichte heutzutage nicht mehr die gleiche Wucht erzeugen kann, wie zu früheren Zeiten.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
It supposedly took Flaubert days to perfect single sentences, and that intensity bleeds through. An astute dissection of the petit bourgeois, a pre-Freudian analysis of the psyche, and a gripping story all in one.
Questo libro mi ha piacevolmente sorpresa!
Personalmente non sono una grande amante dei classici, quindi avevo basse aspettative iniziando questo titolo, ma alla fine non mi è dispiaciuto per nulla!
La cosa che mi è piaciuta di più è lo stile di scrittura, che nonostante non sia scorrevolissimo cattura completamente e coinvolge il lettore.
La storia è altamente introspettiva, non succede moltissimo, e la trama segue la vita di Emma Bovary, che è sempre insoddisfatta da ciò che il destino le riserva e tutto ciò rende la sua esistenza infelice.
È un romanzo in cui i personaggi sono il centro e la loro psicologa e il loro modo di vivere rispecchia quella delle persone basso borghesi dell'epoca. Ma è uno studio dell'umanità in generale, che per quanto non fosse esattamente nelle mie corde ho molto apprezzato.
Uno di quei classici che consiglio anche ai non amanti, perchè cattura e fa riflettere!
Personalmente non sono una grande amante dei classici, quindi avevo basse aspettative iniziando questo titolo, ma alla fine non mi è dispiaciuto per nulla!
La cosa che mi è piaciuta di più è lo stile di scrittura, che nonostante non sia scorrevolissimo cattura completamente e coinvolge il lettore.
La storia è altamente introspettiva, non succede moltissimo, e la trama segue la vita di Emma Bovary, che è sempre insoddisfatta da ciò che il destino le riserva e tutto ciò rende la sua esistenza infelice.
È un romanzo in cui i personaggi sono il centro e la loro psicologa e il loro modo di vivere rispecchia quella delle persone basso borghesi dell'epoca. Ma è uno studio dell'umanità in generale, che per quanto non fosse esattamente nelle mie corde ho molto apprezzato.
Uno di quei classici che consiglio anche ai non amanti, perchè cattura e fa riflettere!