Madame Bovary (Modern Library Classics)

Madame Bovary (Modern Library Classics)
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A new translation by Adam Thorpe
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Gustave Flaubert once said of his heroine, â€œEmma Bovary, câ€™est moi.â€ In this acclaimed new translation, Adam Thorpe brings readers closer than ever before to Flaubertâ€™s peerless text and, by extension, the author himself.
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Emma, a passionate dreamer raised in the French countryside, is ready for her life to take off when she marries the decent, dull Dr. Charles Bovary. Marriage, however, fails to live up to her expectations, which are fueled by sentimental novels, and she turns disastrously to love affairs. The story of Emmaâ€™s adultery scandalized France when Madame Bovary was first published.Â Today, the heartbreaking story of Emmaâ€™s financial ruin remains just as compelling. Translator Adam Thorpe, an accomplished author in his own right, pays careful attention to the â€œcomplex musicâ€ of Flaubertâ€™s language, with its elegant, finely wrought sentences and closely observed detail. This exquisite Modern Library edition is sure to set a new standard for an enduring classic.
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Praise for Adam Thorpeâ€™s translation of Madame Bovary
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â€œWhat leaves me reeling with each rereading (and Adam Thorpeâ€™s new translation is, pardon the pun, to die for) is the use of language. There can be no doubt as to the reason for Flaubertâ€™s brain popping at the top of the stairs when he was fifty-eight. He broke it scouring for perfect sentences, words, le mot juste.â€â€”Russell Kane, The Independent
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â€œFlaubert described his great work as a poem, so it is fitting that a poet and novelist of Thorpeâ€™s stature should turn his hand to it.â€â€”Robin Robertson, The Herald (Scotland)
Country USA
Brand Modern Library
Manufacturer Modern Library
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0812985206
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2013-08-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812985207

Country	USA
Brand	Modern Library
Manufacturer	Modern Library
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0812985206
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2013-08-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812985207

Madame Bovary (Modern Library Classics)

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