brittbat 's review for:

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

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I read this during a particularly difficult November. It did nothing to cheer me up; being alternately dragged and swept along with Emma Bovary was pure masochism. But the masochism did not arise from any fault with the novel.

I discourage you from watching the recent movie adaptation without reading the book first, at least. The movie wrecks the intent of the ending.