He tried to provide Emma with what he thought he wanted and she carefully never revealed her unhappiness in the life he provided her. It was hard not to emphasize with a woman whose happiness was so out of tune with her situation.Did I have sympathy for her husband, Charles, yes, indeed. Yes, she was beautiful, somewhat selfish and immature but I still felt a great deal of sympathy for her. Emma Bovary was a woman of passion, in fact shopping excited her every bit as much as sex. Women of a certain class did not work, or really have much to occupy their time, other than oversee the servants. I found this a very sad tale, as to me, it was obvious that Emma was married to a dull man and had no outlet available for her other than adultery. The story, set in 1840’s Normandy, is of a doctor’s unhappy and unfaithful wife. I was very happy to reach the end of this book although it certainly held my attention throughout the reading, but there was an inevitable sense of doom building. I have been reading Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert by installments from Daily Lit since November, 2018.
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