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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
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
bylo to fajn, ale asi od pulky se tam delo furt to stejny (ema je blba)
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Yes, I read this for fun. You have my permission to be impressed.
Madame Bovary is a very "real" novel. It is supposedly a reaction to romantic literature. Gustave whatshisFrenchFace was challenged by his friends to make day to day life interesting. And recently Time magazine rated it as like the most important novel ever - Gustave succeeded. So, the point is, Charles Bovary LOVES Emma Bovary completely. And she is just bored. One of my favorite lines so far is, "For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat." I honestly feel that way about my wife. She is my everything. She's probably never been in a petticoat, but you get the idea. I'm not thinking this is a purely sexual sentence, although that element does exist, it's just that he is obsessed with HER. And I, also obsessed.
The next part of that paragraph shows Emma's reaction to Charles constant affections. "She put him away, half-smiling, half-vexed, as you do a child who hangs about you."
Madame Bovary is a very "real" novel. It is supposedly a reaction to romantic literature. Gustave whatshisFrenchFace was challenged by his friends to make day to day life interesting. And recently Time magazine rated it as like the most important novel ever - Gustave succeeded. So, the point is, Charles Bovary LOVES Emma Bovary completely. And she is just bored. One of my favorite lines so far is, "For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat." I honestly feel that way about my wife. She is my everything. She's probably never been in a petticoat, but you get the idea. I'm not thinking this is a purely sexual sentence, although that element does exist, it's just that he is obsessed with HER. And I, also obsessed.
The next part of that paragraph shows Emma's reaction to Charles constant affections. "She put him away, half-smiling, half-vexed, as you do a child who hangs about you."
I promised myself I would read more classics.
This was a horrible volume to start with.
Admittedly, an audio book of it was probably the second worst choice, but honestly the text bored me to death, not unlike some of the more dense and vapid required readings from high school.
Looking back, I trace the moral and point is that this French woman is a flighty mess of a dreamer who decides her boring life should be more like her sentimental romances, and then decides to show her shallow character, ultimately leading to her death, and her husband's ruin. Perhaps, the point is 'be happy with what you have', but my mind is too numbed the the stupidity of Emma. There's also a subtext about science vs. Religion (Catholicism), but it's relation to the plot (outside of a vague, 'The Rich are immoral and haughty') is strained in my mind.
At least ill never have to read it again. Bleh.
This was a horrible volume to start with.
Admittedly, an audio book of it was probably the second worst choice, but honestly the text bored me to death, not unlike some of the more dense and vapid required readings from high school.
Looking back, I trace the moral and point is that this French woman is a flighty mess of a dreamer who decides her boring life should be more like her sentimental romances, and then decides to show her shallow character, ultimately leading to her death, and her husband's ruin. Perhaps, the point is 'be happy with what you have', but my mind is too numbed the the stupidity of Emma. There's also a subtext about science vs. Religion (Catholicism), but it's relation to the plot (outside of a vague, 'The Rich are immoral and haughty') is strained in my mind.
At least ill never have to read it again. Bleh.
An interesting read in the sense that these are characters and settings that I don't relate to at all and would otherwise have not had a glimpse into this world. I went into this book only knowing that this is a classic novel, and I finished feeling a little lost in the pointlessness and mundaneness of everything.
La vie est courte, et je ne veux pas passer mes heures avec Madame Bovary.
emotional
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes