tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603174461344479143.post5770836743327199197..comments2024-02-14T18:14:24.187-08:00Comments on 20011: AuthorsGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603174461344479143.post-88276738464998810332017-04-25T13:47:26.053-07:002017-04-25T13:47:26.053-07:00Yes. I can never get that black, flung-open mouth ...Yes. I can never get that black, flung-open mouth of Mme. Bovary out of my head...<br /><br />And was reminded of James Wood: The psychology of desire interests Flaubert not at all. Emma Bovary is a beautiful creation, yet one feels that the truest, most vivid Flaubertian character is Homais, the vain and pompous chemist in that novel, a character straight out of Molière. Flaubert's characters seem like mistakes; his disgust is felt on every page. Madame Bovary ends on a note of disgust at the continuance of these mistakes: "He [Homais] has just been awarded the Legion of Honour" is its famous, sour last sentence. Flaubert complained that it was a great effort to write Madame Bovary because "I find them [the characters] deeply repulsive."<br /><br />Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603174461344479143.post-6779032268819457412017-03-22T16:23:23.161-07:002017-03-22T16:23:23.161-07:00I don't know that Flaubert set out to be lovab...I don't know that Flaubert set out to be lovable, or worried much about being loved.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603174461344479143.post-82885445395351362532017-03-21T19:07:03.451-07:002017-03-21T19:07:03.451-07:00I have not yet succeeded in loving Flaubert... Adm...I have not yet succeeded in loving Flaubert... Admiring, yes, but that is all. Alas. No doubt it is a flaw in me, or perhaps when I am quite ancient I will love him.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com