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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
Madame Bovary rompe con los convencionalismos morales y literarios del siglo XIX al presentarnos a una heroína corrompida por su propio deseo que, lejos de reprimirse, da rienda suelta a la complejidad de los placeres y la corrupción del espíritu sin perder, en su egoísmo, una inocencia romántica que trasciende las páginas de la novela.
El autor nos presenta un quiebre audaz y rebelde a la figura de la mujer en la época, a la esposa abnegada, la madre devota, la que vive de ensoñaciones sin faltar jamás a sus deberes y quehaceres. Emma, hastiada de su matrimonio, su hogar, su vida, explora desde una resignación asfixiante hasta una liberación peligrosa de su sexualidad, sus anhelos y sus fantasías más profundas.
Un retrato del matrimonio en crisis, de la esposa fatigada por el desamor, del marido ignorante a la oscura sombra de la insatisfacción que se extiende bajo su techo. Madame Bovary es una historia de pasiones y engaños altamente descriptiva, a un punto excesivo para el gusto de algunos, pero que recrea escenas con una precisión evocadora. Tiene ganado con creces el carácter de clásico.
El autor nos presenta un quiebre audaz y rebelde a la figura de la mujer en la época, a la esposa abnegada, la madre devota, la que vive de ensoñaciones sin faltar jamás a sus deberes y quehaceres. Emma, hastiada de su matrimonio, su hogar, su vida, explora desde una resignación asfixiante hasta una liberación peligrosa de su sexualidad, sus anhelos y sus fantasías más profundas.
Un retrato del matrimonio en crisis, de la esposa fatigada por el desamor, del marido ignorante a la oscura sombra de la insatisfacción que se extiende bajo su techo. Madame Bovary es una historia de pasiones y engaños altamente descriptiva, a un punto excesivo para el gusto de algunos, pero que recrea escenas con una precisión evocadora. Tiene ganado con creces el carácter de clásico.
Flaubert has written a masterpiece. He seems to really understand each of his characters. We may not agree with them or respect them, in some cases, we may wish them a nasty carriage accident, but they are all believable, true to who they are. And the narration does not include judgment on any of them, simply shows us a story and allows us to form our own opinion.
As a product of its time, Madame Bovary was scandalous, pornographic, yet survived because it was so well-written, so relatable. Read with a modern view, this book indicts the society without blame to the victims. Lives are lived differently today, but people are still the same.
As a product of its time, Madame Bovary was scandalous, pornographic, yet survived because it was so well-written, so relatable. Read with a modern view, this book indicts the society without blame to the victims. Lives are lived differently today, but people are still the same.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hard to get into, but the 2nd half is interesting.
Oh, goddamn my pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand. Taking mine, but it's been promised to another 🫠.
It seems to me that Bovary is both a cautionary tale and a lament.
The caution has to do with seeking happiness outside ourselves, and with the "ethics," or lack thereof, of predatory lenders.
The lament, whether intentional on the part of Flaubert or simply experienced by modern readers, is the limitations imposed on women by the mores of the societies in which they find themselves. The values do not change much over course of a hundred years, and some persist to some degree in some societies even now (a watered down statement if ever there were one).
A sampling of women who struggle to deal with with the restrictions of their milieus, follows, below. Others can add additional characters, and likely a number whose dates of introduction succeed these.
Emma Bovary 1856 Recommended
Dorotea Brook 1871 Highly Recommended
Anna Karenina 1875 Recommended
Isabel Archer 1881 Highly Recommended
Edna Pontellier 1899 Highly Recommended
Lily Bart 1905 Highly Recommended
Esther Greenwood 1963 Highly Recommended.
This is not actually the edition of Bovary to which I listened, since the new translation by Lydia Davis is not yet in goodreads.
The caution has to do with seeking happiness outside ourselves, and with the "ethics," or lack thereof, of predatory lenders.
The lament, whether intentional on the part of Flaubert or simply experienced by modern readers, is the limitations imposed on women by the mores of the societies in which they find themselves. The values do not change much over course of a hundred years, and some persist to some degree in some societies even now (a watered down statement if ever there were one).
A sampling of women who struggle to deal with with the restrictions of their milieus, follows, below. Others can add additional characters, and likely a number whose dates of introduction succeed these.
Emma Bovary 1856 Recommended
Dorotea Brook 1871 Highly Recommended
Anna Karenina 1875 Recommended
Isabel Archer 1881 Highly Recommended
Edna Pontellier 1899 Highly Recommended
Lily Bart 1905 Highly Recommended
Esther Greenwood 1963 Highly Recommended.
This is not actually the edition of Bovary to which I listened, since the new translation by Lydia Davis is not yet in goodreads.
Actually really hard to put down once I got into it.
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Rouva Bovary kertoo aviorikoksesta realismin perinnettä vaalien. Flaubertin lause on aina kaunis ja tarkka, hän kuvaa 1800-luvun Ranskaa ja sen asukkaita herkkyydellä ja yksityiskohtaisesti. Kertoja pysyttelee etäällä tapahtumista ja tyytyy viileään havainnointiin: hän ei kyseenalaista Emman tekoja, vaan pyrkii ymmärtämään niitä. Totuudenmukaisuuden tavoittelu asettuukin ironiseen valoon, sillä vähitellen lukijalle paljastuu, kuinka kaikki teoksen keskeiset hahmot ovat ideoidensa sokaisemia: kielen, haaveiden ja kirjallisuuden. Välillä yksityiskohtainen kuvailu ja etenkin keskushahmojen ulkopuolelle rönsyilevä kerronta alkavat uuvuttaa, mutta kannattaa jaksaa loppuun saakka, siellä odottavat romaanin hienoimmat kohtaukset.