Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert with Lydia Davis (Translator)

384 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Description

Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voraci...

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Community Reviews Summary of 15,746 reviews

Moods

reflective 60%
emotional 58%
sad 54%
dark 33%
challenging 24%
tense 19%
funny 9%
adventurous 4%
informative 3%
inspiring 2%
mysterious 2%
hopeful 1%
lighthearted 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

slow 63%
medium 33%
fast 2%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 78% | A mix: 17% | Plot: 3%

Strong character development?

No: 39% | It's complicated: 30% | Yes: 30%

Loveable characters?

No: 57% | It's complicated: 33% | Yes: 8%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 79% | Yes: 10% | It's complicated: 4% | N/A: 4%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 95% | It's complicated: 3%

Average rating

3.48

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