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Madame Bovary: A Meticulous Study of the Doldrums

Carol A. Seidl August 16, 2024 August 16, 2024Books, French Culture, Literature book review, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary 17
Dolce far niente, by Auguste Toulmouche (1877)

I know Madame Bovary is hailed as one of the greatest works of French literature, but after plugging away at the first 200 pages of the book this summer, I had to give up. I can’t say the writing is bad—far from it. The story simply failed to pique my…

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