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Madame Bovary: Sitten in der Provinz by Gustave Flaubert

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jenellybean's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

venla_reads's review against another edition

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2.0

Meh. The 1st part was actually good ans interesting, but then it was downhill from there on. I didn't mind the overly detailed descriptions, but I did mind the lack of plot. Also the moral of the story doesn't really sit with me: it's painfully obvious this was written by a man.

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4.0

Ho letto molti pareri contrastanti su questo libro. Alcuni definiscono Emma come la peggiore protagonista di sempre, avida e cattiva. Io mi trovo in disappunto con loro. Credo che Madame Bovary ci voglia far ragionare su tutte le privazioni che Emma subisce essendo donna.
Partendo dall’inizio quando Charles si decide a sposare Emma ed ella accetta pensando di esserne innamorata. All’epoca le donne si sposavano per avere maggior rispetto e come una posizione più agiata. Così ha fatto Emma. Ella è in cerca della felicità e pensa che una volta sposata la troverà. Poco dopo però si rende conto di non provare niente per Charles e la sua vita diventa monotona. La privano delle sue scelte, dei suoi romanzi e pretendono che lei faccia la “donna”.
Rodolphe inizia a sedurla per la sua bellezza e Emma che cerca disperatamente l’amore è convinta che egli la ama per il suo carattere e per com’è dentro. Rodolphe e in seguito Leon da lei non cercano niente di vero e poco dopo si stufano di lei lasciando Emma da sola con i suoi problemi.
Secondo me Emma è brutalmente umana. Ella è una donna che cerca la felicità.

whooperswan's review against another edition

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3.0

Never has a book torn me so much. I want to give it five stars for its audacity, vivacity and density. For its poignant story line and excellent characterisation, writing and translation. Yet I gave it three stars for I will not ever read it again. Madame Emma Bovary invoked in me the same feelings as Bellatrix Lestrange and Cersei Lannister. Feelings of absolute hatred. As Bellatrix and Cersei she is one of the few women in literature I would have slapped and punched were I to meet them in real life.

Throughout the story I felt nothing but absolute pity for Doctor Bovary which evaporated at his puny acceptance of fate, for not fighting against what he was left with. Homais who is the writer's mouthpiece at certain occasions is as unlikeable as Emma. While I agreed with his criticism of religion and his veneration of science the rest of him repelled me. I would not say I enjoyed the story but I did turn the pages. I could not wait to finish reading, I did not abandon it half way through.

ylbirda's review against another edition

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1.0

Já to proste nedávám. Realismus není období, které mě zrovna baví, to už radši naturalismus. Zvládla jsem první část, měla jsem dojem, ze to teď bude lepší, ale najednou přijde opět nezáživný popis krajiny a nezajímavých dějů.
Je mi zatěžko knížku nedočíst, ale zároveň nemá smysl s tím ztrácet čas.
Někdy si jistě přečtu Effi Briest, kterou mám doma, a tím bude realismu jistě učiněno za dost.