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Madame Bovary
(1857)
Translated from the French
by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
~
To Marie-Antoine-Jules Senard,
Member of the Paris Bar,
Ex-President of the National Assembly, and
Former Minister of the Interior
Dear and Illustrious Friend,
Permit me to inscribe your name at the head of this
book, and above its dedication; for it is to you, before all, that I
owe its publication. Reading over your magnificent defence, my work has
acquired for myself, as it were, an unexpected authority.
Accept, then, here, the homage of my gratitude, which, how great soever
it is, will never attain the height of your eloquence and your devotion.
Gustave Flaubert, Paris, 12 April 1857.
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looking for the right word...
Man I'm really raking my brain on this one, this lack of sleep is killing me :sick:. Anyway I'm writing a paper on Flaubert's Madame Bovary, and I'm looking for the right way to describe Emma Bovary. Specifically, I'm looking for a literary allusion. Madame Bovary is a character who has an insatiable desire for the romantic, which, without trying to spoil the novel for anyone, ruins her. I'm looking for another famous character in literature I can allude to, who's want for something destroys them. To be even more specific I'm trying to fill this blank "... finds only passing emotions and no true, sustainable happiness in a _______ dream world." It's still an early rough draft and by the end I'll probably change it completely, but for now trying to explain Emma in that sentence is really bugging me. Any help?
Posted By Nick Rubashov at Sun 18 Feb 2007, 10:31 PM in Madame Bovary || 9 Replies
Madame Bovary
I was recently given the list of novels we could choose to write our senior research paper on in my English Literature class. Of the four choices, I went with Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Everyone else was going with 1984, but since I've already read Orwell's novel, I wanted to do something different. Besides, that's some serious competition if everyone is choosing the same book. I'd rather pick something different that will hopefully be a breath of fresh air for my teacher. I think it's pretty funny that on the list of books to write about in the final, biggest, most important paper we'll ever receive in my English Literature class, the teacher listed a book written by a Frenchman. I hope it was a smart decision to go with Madame Bovary, and I was just wondering if anybody here on litnet has read the book before, and what do you think of it? I'm looking forward to pick it up tomorrow and start reading.
Posted By Nick Rubashov at Fri 5 Jan 2007, 12:27 AM in Madame Bovary || 7 Replies