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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
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
dark
emotional
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
My french teacher in highschool said that the purpose of the book was to see how bored and miserable Emma was... well I was really bored and miserable with her, good job man !
Non mi focalizzerò sull'importanza letteraria di questo romanzo ne sullo stile impeccabile dell'autore, lascio questo compito agli studiosi. Semplicemente sono rimasta piacevolmente colpita dalla scorrevolezza di questa storia, nonostante sia un classico. La forma e l'intreccio della storia non risultano per nulla di difficile comprensione, ma nella loro semplicità restituiscono un quadro complesso della società e dell'animo umano.
Devo ammettere che più volte mi sono ritrovata a ridere per le situazioni vissute da Madame Bovary con gli amanti. Certe dinamiche e comportamenti sono ancora presenti nella nostra società, per esempio, Rodolphe che continua a rimandare la data della loro fuga e poi l'abbandona con una lettera il giorno stesso della partenza in cui essenzialmente dice 'non sei tu ma sono io il problema', trovo sia un comportamento ancora frequente adesso, ovviamente con i messaggi al posto delle lettere.
è incredibile come Flaubert sia riuscito a descrive così perfettamente l'animo insoddisfatto di Madame Bovary quasi fino a farcela odiare. Infatti mi infastidiva il suo rimanere inerme davanti all'insoddisfazione e il suo delegare agli altri la realizzazione dei suoi sogni. Effettivamente però all'epoca la condizione della donna dipendeva completamente dal marito e della sua posizione sociale. La maestria di Flaubert sta nel criticare la società e allo stesso tempo descrivere i moti dell'animo, dimostrando come la società in cui si è immersi e il nostro essere sono interconnessi tra di loro, siamo influenzati da ciò che ci circonda e influenziamo ciò che è attorno a noi.
Una lettura che consiglio a chiunque
Devo ammettere che più volte mi sono ritrovata a ridere per le situazioni vissute da Madame Bovary con gli amanti. Certe dinamiche e comportamenti sono ancora presenti nella nostra società, per esempio, Rodolphe che continua a rimandare la data della loro fuga e poi l'abbandona con una lettera il giorno stesso della partenza in cui essenzialmente dice 'non sei tu ma sono io il problema', trovo sia un comportamento ancora frequente adesso, ovviamente con i messaggi al posto delle lettere.
è incredibile come Flaubert sia riuscito a descrive così perfettamente l'animo insoddisfatto di Madame Bovary quasi fino a farcela odiare. Infatti mi infastidiva il suo rimanere inerme davanti all'insoddisfazione e il suo delegare agli altri la realizzazione dei suoi sogni. Effettivamente però all'epoca la condizione della donna dipendeva completamente dal marito e della sua posizione sociale. La maestria di Flaubert sta nel criticare la società e allo stesso tempo descrivere i moti dell'animo, dimostrando come la società in cui si è immersi e il nostro essere sono interconnessi tra di loro, siamo influenzati da ciò che ci circonda e influenziamo ciò che è attorno a noi.
Una lettura che consiglio a chiunque
emotional
sad
medium-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
Madame Bovary is about an unfaithful wife. I don't usually read books with this subject but I was interested in the character study of Emma Bovary and curious to read a book that gets such mixed reviews, especially as it scandalised people at the time it was published.
I actually quite enjoyed two thirds of the story; I disliked Emma and found her hard to empathise with but at the same time I found her motivations interesting as well as the question of was she clinically depressed or just chronically dissatisfied. I kept hoping she would find some kind of peace because it was clear she was heading for a crash.
The final few chapters really killed the book for me. Emma was a pretty melodramatic char cter all the way through but the last part descended fully into melodrama and I wasn't really on board with that.Emma's suicide was powerful but Flaubert seemed to want to suck all hope from the story by killing off or ruining the rest of the Bovary family, I don't see why Charles couldn't have recovered and had a happier life with his daughte, but no: Charles dies of a broken heart after discovering Emma's affairs and his daughter, who is hinted to be suffering with consumption, ends up working in a cotton mill. The story finally took a shift to focus on the pharmacist, who I think was meanr to be the comic relief and perhaps also provide some irony, but I never was that interested in him.
So overall something of a miss for me, but I am glad I read it as I've always been curious. I plan to read Mary Elizabeth Braddon's retelling, The Doctor's Wife, which I've heard is similar but also different. I'm looking forward to comparing the two.
I actually quite enjoyed two thirds of the story; I disliked Emma and found her hard to empathise with but at the same time I found her motivations interesting as well as the question of was she clinically depressed or just chronically dissatisfied. I kept hoping she would find some kind of peace because it was clear she was heading for a crash.
The final few chapters really killed the book for me. Emma was a pretty melodramatic char cter all the way through but the last part descended fully into melodrama and I wasn't really on board with that.
So overall something of a miss for me, but I am glad I read it as I've always been curious. I plan to read Mary Elizabeth Braddon's retelling, The Doctor's Wife, which I've heard is similar but also different. I'm looking forward to comparing the two.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Encontré que el estilo de escritura era muy enganchante y para nada aburrido a pesar del lenguaje utilizado. Esperaba tener más dificultades para leer este libro o que se me hiciera muy pesado pero todo lo contrario, estaba tan atrapada en la historia que ni siquiera el tener que leer dos mil notas de pié me detuvo.
Respecto a la historia, partí comprendiendo los sentimientos de Emma porque he pasado por una situación parecida (ciertamente no hablo de matrimonio ni grandes fundos pero xd) pero a medida que avanzaba la historia y Emma estaba cada vez más desconectada de la realidad se me hizo difícil seguí justificandola.
Creo que a pesar del intento de hacerlo parecer blando y sin ambiciones, Charles es mi personaje favorito, el solo quería vivir una vida tranquila y trataba a Emma como quien pone las estrellas en el cielo.
Me hubiera gustado saber que pasó con la niña después de todo pero supongo que no es posible.
Anyways me gustó mucho más de lo que esperaba, definitivamente quedé interesada en otras obras del autor.
(A quien por cierto me enteré que anduvieron demandando o algo así por publicar este libro ya que atentaba contra la decencia moral)
Respecto a la historia, partí comprendiendo los sentimientos de Emma porque he pasado por una situación parecida (ciertamente no hablo de matrimonio ni grandes fundos pero xd) pero a medida que avanzaba la historia y Emma estaba cada vez más desconectada de la realidad se me hizo difícil seguí justificandola.
Creo que a pesar del intento de hacerlo parecer blando y sin ambiciones, Charles es mi personaje favorito, el solo quería vivir una vida tranquila y trataba a Emma como quien pone las estrellas en el cielo.
Me hubiera gustado saber que pasó con la niña después de todo pero supongo que no es posible.
Anyways me gustó mucho más de lo que esperaba, definitivamente quedé interesada en otras obras del autor.
(A quien por cierto me enteré que anduvieron demandando o algo así por publicar este libro ya que atentaba contra la decencia moral)
So this is the classics version of Revolutionary Road. Emma Bovary is the depressed, bored housewife of a country doctor. She longs for more out of life and is deeply disappointed with the direction of her life. She wants to dance, wear the latest fashions, and mingle amongst the best of society. At first, she resigns herself to her sacrifice, thinking it will buy her a place in heaven. Her husband, the kindly, portly Doctor Charles Bovary is blind to all that is happening. He believes Emma to be happy and contented. This, of course, serves only to alienate Emma all the more. Emma quickly learns that martyrdom does not come naturally for her and chooses instead to indulge herself. She meets Rudolph and engages in a four year affair with him. She becomes clingy and desperate. She wants to leave to Paris with Rudolph and aggressively pursues that end. Rudolph leads her along but Emma was never nothing more than a passing diversion for him and he leaves her high and dry. Emma throws herself into her depression with the same passion she approaches everything and fall into ill health. Along comes Leon, a man she was attracted to back in her martyrdom days. This time around, she chooses to engage and in doing so, denies herself nothing. She makes extravagant purchases and even becomes so bold as to not come home on certain nights. She lives so lavishly and recklessly her creditors come knocking. Poor Charles has to come to terms with his wife's indiscretions.
On the one hand, this novel was frustrating because Emma is such an unlikeable character. She is weak of character and selfish. She cares nothing of her husband and child and cares only of her pleasures. On the other hand, the novel is so beautifully written and entertaining. Every sentence is like poetry. Flaubert's book is a classic for a reason.
On the one hand, this novel was frustrating because Emma is such an unlikeable character. She is weak of character and selfish. She cares nothing of her husband and child and cares only of her pleasures. On the other hand, the novel is so beautifully written and entertaining. Every sentence is like poetry. Flaubert's book is a classic for a reason.
dark
emotional
sad