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Madame Bovary
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July 1, 2025
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August 31, 2025
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Our classic read for July and August
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What Members Thought

Marina
Jan 13, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics, france
Sì, ma non era felice, non lo era mai stata. Di dove veniva quella insufficienza della vita, quell'istantaneo imputridirsi delle cose alle quali si appoggiava? Se in qualche parte del mondo c'era un essere forte e bello, un'anima coraggiosa, piena, a un tempo, d'esaltazione e di raffinatezza, un cuore di poeta sotto forma d'angelo, lira dalle corde di bronzo che mandasse verso il cielo epitalami elegiaci, perché, dunque, non dovrebbe incontrarlo? Oh, era impossibile! E niente valeva la pena di u
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Marina
May 23, 2017 marked it as set-aside  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics, france
DNF at 18%.

The book is beautiful, I have already read it in Italian a few months ago. However, Flaubert's French is too difficult for me, even if I was reading the ebook and listening to the audiobook at the same time. I knew the story already, so I could follow what was happening, but I couldn't understand way too many words. This was an exercise in French, and it's failed miserably. What is strange is that when I read a book by Zola a few years back, I was able to understand his French without
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Beth
Aug 03, 2013 rated it really liked it
I'm glad to have read Madam Bovary but it sure wasn't a feel good story at any point, and I am sure Flaubert had no intention if it being so. What stood out the most for me was the extreme contrast of characters and how their flaws affected one another. The ever sufferring coniving narccisist, the naive, needy, insecure mama's boy, the agnostic chemist vs. the the man of defiant religious faith, the immature romantic lover and the seasoned Lothario. I found Madam Bovary to be a very interesting ...more
Janice Sitts
Dec 09, 2012 marked it as to-read
Barbara
Apr 23, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: my-library
Nancy
Jun 04, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction, classics
Natalie Turner
Jul 26, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Barb
Jan 31, 2014 rated it really liked it
Holly
Nov 06, 2014 marked it as to-read
NzingaMarie
Feb 05, 2015 marked it as to-read
Nicole Perkins
Mar 07, 2015 rated it really liked it
Monica
Mar 24, 2015 rated it it was ok
Malia
Aug 16, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Chelsey
Oct 04, 2016 marked it as to-read
Jenny
Nov 06, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: pre1900
Jenn
Dec 28, 2016 marked it as to-read
Alison
Jul 28, 2017 marked it as on-the-bookshelf
Shelves: kobo
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Jonathan
Jan 20, 2018 marked it as to-read
Liane Candelario
Feb 07, 2018 marked it as to-read
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