May 19, 2018
★★★★★ (5 stars) There are so many things that made me love this book. Flaubert's prose (or the good translation of his prose), his attention to minuscule details, his sardonic narrative, his absurd characters....the list goes on. Anyway, to focus solely on Emma's affair is diminishing... Read my essay “An aesthetic of longing: is Emma Bovary happy to be unhappy?” on my blog : https://roguereads.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/an-aesthetic-of-longing-is-emma-bovary-happy-to-be-unhappy/ #hardcover #coverlove #classicbooks #frenchliterature #flaubert #gustaveflaubert #emmabovary #madamebovary #essay #literature #essaysonliterature #lydiadavis #booklover