Gustave Flaubert

Penguin Classics Madame Bovary

Naomi Chapman

“She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris”

“Il ne faut pas toucher aux idoles: la dorure en reste aux mains”

« What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp burning bright...Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you've had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings «

Penguin Classics Madame Bovary

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