A review by roshnimc
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A beautiful rendition of literary realism. A character sketch in the 19th century of a vain, selfish woman who has her head in the clouds and refuses to accept the boring reality of her life - yet who is drawn with such empathy by Flaubert that you cannot help feeling for and identifying with her.