/lit/ - Literature

Has anyone read it? thoughts? I personally wasn't captivated throughout the novel, but once I was finished I realised that I had really come to care for some of the characters, and it left me in a rather melancholy state for a good day and a half.

So, Madame Bovary/Flaubert/French lit thread, I guess.

Is it really the perfect novel, /lit/, or is it just a fantastic novel with absolutely deplorable, arch-typical characters?

Shannon rated it · review of another edition
Why are all the "great classics" lead by famed female heroines all too often about personal freedom thru means of sexual compromise leading to abject misery and ultimate demise? I realize it's an accurate depiction of culture and times, however why are Bovary and Moll Flanders the memorable matriarchs of classic literature? See my commentary on the Awakening for similar frustrations. Why aren't there more works about strong women making a difference in their own lives if not those of their families and communities? Why aren't we having young women read a work or 2 portraying a strong female who doesn't end up having an affair, committing suicided, or otherwise screwing up her own life and the lives of others as she sinks to the bottom where she inevitably belonged? Where are the strong, sentient heroines who might make feminists look slightly intelligent and/or inspirational?

>>2828076
This guy knows whats sup

>>2614425
That sounds awful. I was going to buy it just so I could cover most of the classics, but now that I know that I will just re-read this instead

Hey I think you mixed up Madame Bovary and the Stranger. Those french guys sure have similar names.