@@Scottmbradfield I know we don't do research here in the tub, but one more tidbit: Kafka learned French just so he could read S.E. in the original (see Stach's 3 vol. bio of Kafka)...
Sentimental Education is on my May reading list. Thanks for the preview! De Maupassant was mentored by Flaubert, taught the younger guy to describe things accurately. A rumor circulated that De Maupassant was the love child of Flaubert and De Maupassant's mother. Like father like son?
Bovary is on the table here, but I've started A Farewll To Arms, which I'd never read. I'm going to try and read Arms without starting something else too as I do usually.
French nineteenth-century authors of fiction seem obsessed about money and its corrupting, destructive power--this at least seems to apply to Balzac, Flaubert, and Zola. 'Sentimental Education' has been called a novelist's novel, indeed, as mentioned here, argued by some to be Flaubert's masterpiece (though admittedly 'Madame Bovary' remains more consistently and widely read and praised).
QUOTE OF THE DAY “At the bottom of her heart, however, she was waiting for something to happen. Like shipwrecked sailors, she turned despairing eyes upon the solitude of her life, seeking afar off some white sail in the mists of the horizon. She did not know what this chance would be, what wind would bring it her, towards what shore it would drive her, if it would be a shallop or a three-decker, laden with anguish or full of bliss to the portholes. But each morning, as she awoke, she hoped it would come that day; she listened to every sound, sprang up with a start, wondered that it did not come; then at sunset, always more saddened, she longed for the morrow.” - Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Isn't it lovely? I feel like reading almost every passage out loud, and I'm currently rereading what is considered a ho-hum translation! I love Emma Bovary, what a beautiful character!
@@Scottmbradfield truly that! I’m a RedSox fan, there is a group of us who chatter on-line during the game in the Globe’s game day lineups and notes columns. We refer to it as romper room (MissJean), we are all doobees. We be silly and wise asses, but it entertains and lessens the pains of sports fandom. Yesterday, preceding the game and loss ☹️ to the Yankees, I posted the quote with a question, was Madame an early romper roomer?
Kafka's favorite novel, so I heard....I love it, something new pops out with each new reading
I didn't know that! It's great tho. s
@@Scottmbradfield I know we don't do research here in the tub, but one more tidbit: Kafka learned French just so he could read S.E. in the original (see Stach's 3 vol. bio of Kafka)...
Can't wait to experience the human sadness and then hopefulness you speak of from Gustave! Gonna pick this up, loved this classical gas!
Also, really enjoyed you reading the passage you choose! Definitely helped me decide to pick this up!! And your a great reader to listen to!!
@@MrKylePopovich It's great and so is BOVARY! Let us know what you think, Kyle! Great having you in the bathtub! s
incredible book. can't read it too many times!
Sentimental Education is on my May reading list. Thanks for the preview!
De Maupassant was mentored by Flaubert, taught the younger guy to describe things accurately.
A rumor circulated that De Maupassant was the love child of Flaubert and De Maupassant's mother. Like father like son?
Yeah you can see a lot of Flaubert in Maupassant, though Flaubert's a bit kinder and sadder ...
Bovary is on the table here, but I've started A Farewll To Arms, which I'd never read. I'm going to try and read Arms without starting something else too as I do usually.
Stick to it tooism is a 🛁 skill!
Report back, definitely give it another try, Jungastein! Dodo says hi! s
French nineteenth-century authors of fiction seem obsessed about money and its corrupting, destructive power--this at least seems to apply to Balzac, Flaubert, and Zola.
'Sentimental Education' has been called a novelist's novel, indeed, as mentioned here, argued by some to be Flaubert's masterpiece (though admittedly 'Madame Bovary' remains more consistently and widely read and praised).
Great hearting from you, Barry! I am loving the French novelists more as I grow older, but Flaubert was always such a beautiful writer! Stay safe! s
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“At the bottom of her heart, however, she was waiting for something to happen. Like shipwrecked sailors, she turned despairing eyes upon the solitude of her life, seeking afar off some white sail in the mists of the horizon. She did not know what this chance would be, what wind would bring it her, towards what shore it would drive her, if it would be a shallop or a three-decker, laden with anguish or full of bliss to the portholes. But each morning, as she awoke, she hoped it would come that day; she listened to every sound, sprang up with a start, wondered that it did not come; then at sunset, always more saddened, she longed for the morrow.”
- Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Isn't it lovely? I feel like reading almost every passage out loud, and I'm currently rereading what is considered a ho-hum translation! I love Emma Bovary, what a beautiful character!
@@Scottmbradfield truly that! I’m a RedSox fan, there is a group of us who chatter on-line during the game in the Globe’s game day lineups and notes columns. We refer to it as romper room (MissJean), we are all doobees. We be silly and wise asses, but it entertains and lessens the pains of sports fandom. Yesterday, preceding the game and loss ☹️ to the Yankees, I posted the quote with a question, was Madame an early romper roomer?
@@larrycarr4562 Emma could have definitely enjoyed a romance-free afternoon at Fenway with the guys...
@@larrycarr4562 I'm reading a Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes but Bovary is next on my list.
@@Scottmbradfield So don’t make the move Larry, that’s good advice.
Now found it for 99 cents! Baldrick translator?
Need to re-examine Flaubert’s Bovary in the 🛁 -that sounds a bit perverse?
Sentimental Education $9.59 in BezosVille -will wait for a sale.