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Madame Bovary (1978)

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Madame Bovary (2000)

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madame bovary might hands down be one of the best books I've ever read, mainly because emma bovary is so relatable.

she desperately wants much more than what life has given her; she wants to live in paris with a fancy husband, going to the opera and plays and dance at balls every night, she wants to have class, be learnt and read novels and play the piano and ride horses, she wants to wear fancy gowns. she's not "pleasure seeking" or "vain" as much as she just wants more out of the dry, boring life she was granted with, with a husband who loves her but doesn't know her, who's, frankly, very boring, stuck in a marriage she thought she wanted but didn't, in an era where divorce was unheard of and where women just settled for the lives they got.

the quote "she wanted to die but she also wanted to go to paris" just tells us how mundane she finds her role as a doctor's wife, of life in the country, and what she'd do to be entertained.

emma bovary wasn't like the other women of the era, and she wasnt going after material possessions or pleasures--she wanted to go after happiness. specifically, her happiness.