For years, I’ve had an old copy of #MadameBovary by #Flaubert on the shelf, saving it up as a treat, since everything I’d heard about it and its influence on other writers I love made me sure I’d enjoy it.
I’m finally #NowReading it and - a few dozen pages in - it’s even better than I’d hoped. Every sentence is an architectural miniature of evocative clarity. It’s miraculous. #Bookstodon
#MadameBovary #flaubert #nowreading #bookstodon
#Datreveno #Flaubert #MadameBovary
Je ĉi dato en 1821 naskiĝis Gustav Flaubert, verkisto, kiu skribis en realisma stilo, evitis kliŝojn, kaj konsideris sin esti perfektemulo ĉiam provante trovi "le mot juste (la vorto ĝusta)". Lia plej fama romano estas "Madame Bovary". https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Flaubert
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#datreveno #Flaubert #MadameBovary
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From #MadameBovary to #RobinsonCrusoe, things could have turned out very differently for our favourite classic protagonists had smart phones already been invented 📱
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2022/11/text-conversations-from-novels-books
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