First LoT book club discussion: Madame Bovary

Ghoulish Delight · 07-15-2006, 07:14 PM

I can understand and appreciate all that. I still don't like her.

Actually, I'd ammend that to say, responding a bit to Chris's take, that I don't think it mattered what kind of life she led. Even if she had ended up with a socialite who took her to society events, she'd still find a way to be unhappy about what she didn't have. Flaubert went out of his way to show that that we her nature...that even though she thought she was going after exactly what she wants, when she got there, she'd convince herself it wasn't what she wanted.

07-15-2006, 07:14 PM	#40
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I can understand and appreciate all that. I still don't like her. Actually, I'd ammend that to say, responding a bit to Chris's take, that I don't think it mattered what kind of life she led. Even if she had ended up with a socialite who took her to society events, she'd still find a way to be unhappy about what she didn't have. Flaubert went out of his way to show that that we her nature...that even though she thought she was going after exactly what she wants, when she got there, she'd convince herself it wasn't what she wanted. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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