There was a problem loading your book clubs. The whole content of the book has changed due to the misinterpretation of words, misspellings and atrocious sentences composition. It certainly can’t have been done by anyone who speaks either English or French. They've gone through the book and replaced the French words that they knew with the English translation. It certainly can’t have been done by anyone who speaks either English or French. Perhaps we may lack appreciation of that today, as it's no longer new, but in Flaubert's day, this was extraordinary. Good grief this is an abysmal translation, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2016. Like Lady Chetterly, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary spent her life searching for a happiness that was more idealized than real. In an effort to fill her emptiness and make her life everything she believes it should be, Emma spends lavishly on clothes and her home and embarks on two disappointing love affairs. With its rare formal perfection, Madame Bovary represents, as Frank O’Connor has declared, “possibly the most beautifully written book ever composed; undoubtedly the most beautifully written novel…a book that invites superlatives…the most important novel of the century.”. There was a problem loading your book clubs. I say this because sentences and even words were cut up, ending early on one line on a page and then recommencing on the next line. I couldn't. It seems that the format was transferred from some other format. The Brothers Karamazov (AmazonClassics Edition), Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2008. Would be an uncomfortable read. The sympathetic treatment of Emma Bovary's attempts to escape the maddening boredom of being married to the wrong man, in the wrong town, with the wrong picture of her life via a series of very realistically described adulterous affairs, ensured that Gustave Flaubert had practically the whole of France involved in the hullabaloo that greeted the novel's publication in 1856. However, that's far from the only unique feature of the story. Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2020. Unlimited listening on select audiobooks, Audible Originals, and podcasts. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2019. The story is repetitive and has no real surprises. What’s the point of selling rubbish like this? For a student of the French language, this was disconcerting since it was difficult at times to discern whether or not the letters at the end of the line were supposed to go with the letters on the next line to create a legitimate French word. It's hard to understand how this edition was created. But ultimately I couldn't really finish it. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2016. I suppose it may have been scandalous in its day but it follows a depressingly common pattern. I read it years ago and enjoyed it tremendously. The whole content of the book has changed due to the misinterpretation of words, misspellings and atrocious sentences composition. Cancel online anytime. In an effort to fill her emptiness and make her life everything she believes it should be, Emma spends lavishly on clothes and her home and embarks on two disappointing love affairs. But ultimately I couldn't really finish it. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2013. Cancel online anytime. Take this kindle version off Amazon! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Switch between reading the Kindle book & listening to the Audible narration with, Get the Audible audiobook for the reduced price of $7.99 after you. Unable to add item to List. Soon heartbroken and crippled by debts, Emma takes drastic action with tragic consequences for her husband and daughter. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. THIS KINDLE VERSION ENDED AT THE END OF PART TWO. A fact I discovered when returning to the book to read the introduction there prior to writing my own crit. That is a complete misrepresentation of the plot. Please try again. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Please try again. Set amid the stifling atmosphere of 19th-century bourgeois France, Madame Bovary is at once an unsparing depiction of a woman’s gradual corruption and a savagely ironic study of human shallowness and stupidity. So, I can't comment on Davis's version versus the others available, all I can say is that I very much appreciated it; I found it fluid and sensitive; certainly it didn't spoil my engagement with Flaubert's story or his characters. One credit a month to pick any title from our entire premium selection to keep (you’ll use your first credit now). After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The startling impact of this novel published 150 years ago can only be imagined. Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2020. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2019. Am some way in and enjoying - but not loving, it if I am honest. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. He does not view other people with humanity or empathy, but as debased caricatures at the mercy of their lowest human urges, which he imagines to be the only reality. Sold and delivered by Audible, an Amazon company. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. It was dreary and somewhat inevitable. Cancel online anytime. I have given it one star simply in order that I can warn off other prospective buyers. Flauberts sarcasm and mocking tone is obvious from the first page. I'm not quite that enthusiastic. I bought this because I heard it was a classic, a sort of landmark work of literature. Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2014. Strange spacing issues made readability a challenge, Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2016. You get what you pay for, except not in this case. His worldview is essentially heavy and dark, but wrapped up in a sort of smug cockiness. Assessments ranged from scathing (Julian Barnes in the LRB) to vast acclaim, so mixed were reactions that James Wood, writing in the 'New Yorker' confessed to reading Davis's 'Bovary' alongside three other translations plus the original!

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