Doug Carter
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#flauberttogether 3.8.1
Stop after reading just half of chapter 8?!
Stop after reading just half of chapter 8?!
August 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#flauberttogether 3.8.1
Stop after reading just half of chapter 8?!
Stop after reading just half of chapter 8?!
#flauberttogether (3.1)
The verger at the cathedral is so funny.
‘The verger was taken aback, mystified by such premature munificence: the visitor still had so much to see! … “Monsieur! The steeple! The steeple!”’ lol
As I was reading, I tried to cast him in my head. Martin Short, maybe?
The verger at the cathedral is so funny.
‘The verger was taken aback, mystified by such premature munificence: the visitor still had so much to see! … “Monsieur! The steeple! The steeple!”’ lol
As I was reading, I tried to cast him in my head. Martin Short, maybe?
August 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
#flauberttogether (3.1)
The verger at the cathedral is so funny.
‘The verger was taken aback, mystified by such premature munificence: the visitor still had so much to see! … “Monsieur! The steeple! The steeple!”’ lol
As I was reading, I tried to cast him in my head. Martin Short, maybe?
The verger at the cathedral is so funny.
‘The verger was taken aback, mystified by such premature munificence: the visitor still had so much to see! … “Monsieur! The steeple! The steeple!”’ lol
As I was reading, I tried to cast him in my head. Martin Short, maybe?
#flauberttogether 2.12.1
'[the mud] would fall away powdery under his fingers, and he would watch the particles float gently upward in a shaft of sun'
As the novel has gone on, and Flaubert's depth of observation has moved more to character than setting, it's nice to still find this kind of writing
'[the mud] would fall away powdery under his fingers, and he would watch the particles float gently upward in a shaft of sun'
As the novel has gone on, and Flaubert's depth of observation has moved more to character than setting, it's nice to still find this kind of writing
August 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#flauberttogether 2.12.1
'[the mud] would fall away powdery under his fingers, and he would watch the particles float gently upward in a shaft of sun'
As the novel has gone on, and Flaubert's depth of observation has moved more to character than setting, it's nice to still find this kind of writing
'[the mud] would fall away powdery under his fingers, and he would watch the particles float gently upward in a shaft of sun'
As the novel has gone on, and Flaubert's depth of observation has moved more to character than setting, it's nice to still find this kind of writing
#flauberttogether 2.12.1
Regarding the 'Human speech is like a...' passage, it's fun to stumble on a sentence or paragraph like that and know instantly that you're reading something that must be a famous excerpt, since it's so exceptional.
(1/3)
Regarding the 'Human speech is like a...' passage, it's fun to stumble on a sentence or paragraph like that and know instantly that you're reading something that must be a famous excerpt, since it's so exceptional.
(1/3)
August 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#flauberttogether 2.12.1
Regarding the 'Human speech is like a...' passage, it's fun to stumble on a sentence or paragraph like that and know instantly that you're reading something that must be a famous excerpt, since it's so exceptional.
(1/3)
Regarding the 'Human speech is like a...' passage, it's fun to stumble on a sentence or paragraph like that and know instantly that you're reading something that must be a famous excerpt, since it's so exceptional.
(1/3)
#flauberttogether 2.8
I also loved the political nature of the farming speech, disingenuous and manipulative. And Homais’ terrible write-up of the event was very funny. What a stunning chapter!
I also loved the political nature of the farming speech, disingenuous and manipulative. And Homais’ terrible write-up of the event was very funny. What a stunning chapter!
August 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
#flauberttogether 2.8
I also loved the political nature of the farming speech, disingenuous and manipulative. And Homais’ terrible write-up of the event was very funny. What a stunning chapter!
I also loved the political nature of the farming speech, disingenuous and manipulative. And Homais’ terrible write-up of the event was very funny. What a stunning chapter!
#flauberttogether 2.8
I appreciate how cinematic this chapter is. The crosscutting of the speech with Rudolphe’s mediocre attempts at and Emma's perfume-driven engagement with her seduction, 'Rudolphe watched her in the glow of the colored lamps' during the fireworks, the joke of Homais...(1/2)
I appreciate how cinematic this chapter is. The crosscutting of the speech with Rudolphe’s mediocre attempts at and Emma's perfume-driven engagement with her seduction, 'Rudolphe watched her in the glow of the colored lamps' during the fireworks, the joke of Homais...(1/2)
August 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
#flauberttogether 2.8
I appreciate how cinematic this chapter is. The crosscutting of the speech with Rudolphe’s mediocre attempts at and Emma's perfume-driven engagement with her seduction, 'Rudolphe watched her in the glow of the colored lamps' during the fireworks, the joke of Homais...(1/2)
I appreciate how cinematic this chapter is. The crosscutting of the speech with Rudolphe’s mediocre attempts at and Emma's perfume-driven engagement with her seduction, 'Rudolphe watched her in the glow of the colored lamps' during the fireworks, the joke of Homais...(1/2)
‘Charles enjoyed nothing more than standing beside her, watching her bent over her sketchbook, half shutting his eyes, the better to see her work, or rolling her bread-crumb erasers between his thumb and finger’ 1.7
Haha, he’s so delightfully and mildly annoying
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Haha, he’s so delightfully and mildly annoying
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July 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
‘Charles enjoyed nothing more than standing beside her, watching her bent over her sketchbook, half shutting his eyes, the better to see her work, or rolling her bread-crumb erasers between his thumb and finger’ 1.7
Haha, he’s so delightfully and mildly annoying
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Haha, he’s so delightfully and mildly annoying
#flauberttogether
It's very elegant. I wasn't expecting the novel to start off with two other Madame Bovaries, one of them introduced and done away with in a single chapter (plus 2 earlier pages).
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And how about chapter 2??? Has so much plot ever been as elegantly packed in such few pages?
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The chronology of the first chapter is so unusual. I don't think I've ever seen the sequence:
brief introductory scene viewing character from afar -> account of parents' lives -> history of character going into and past intro scene -> main timeframe of novel, several years later
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brief introductory scene viewing character from afar -> account of parents' lives -> history of character going into and past intro scene -> main timeframe of novel, several years later
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July 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It's very elegant. I wasn't expecting the novel to start off with two other Madame Bovaries, one of them introduced and done away with in a single chapter (plus 2 earlier pages).
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First time reading MB, or anything by Flaubert. I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't a novel so charming and full of humor. Steegmuller translation.
'He grew thinner and taller, and his face took on a kind of plaintive expression that almost made it interesting' lol #flauberttogether
'He grew thinner and taller, and his face took on a kind of plaintive expression that almost made it interesting' lol #flauberttogether
July 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
First time reading MB, or anything by Flaubert. I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't a novel so charming and full of humor. Steegmuller translation.
'He grew thinner and taller, and his face took on a kind of plaintive expression that almost made it interesting' lol #flauberttogether
'He grew thinner and taller, and his face took on a kind of plaintive expression that almost made it interesting' lol #flauberttogether