Madame Bovary

Written by:
Gustave Flaubert
Narrated by:
Kate Reading

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
7
Narrator
2
Release Date
September 2010
Duration
13 hours 45 minutes
Summary
Now a major motion picture starring Mia Wasikowska, Paul Giamatti, Laura Carmichael, Ezra Miller, and Rhys Ifans, and directed by Sophie Barthes
 
Emma Bovary is the original desperate housewife. Beautiful but bored, she is married to the provincial doctor Charles Bovary yet harbors dreams of an elegant and passionate life. Escaping into sentimental novels, she finds her fantasies dashed by the tedium of her days. Motherhood proves to be a burden; religion is only a brief distraction. In an effort to make her life everything she believes it should be, she spends lavishly on clothes and on her home and embarks on two disappointing affairs. Soon heartbroken and crippled by debts, Emma takes drastic action with tragic consequences for her husband and daughter.

When published in 1857, Madame Bovary was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for its heroine. Today the novel is considered the first masterpiece of realist fiction. In this landmark translation, Lydia Davis honors the nuances and particulars of a style that has long beguiled readers of French, giving new life in English to the book that redefined the novel as an art form.
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Elena O.

Kate Reading brings so much life to this fantastic translation (Lydia Davis'). Her narration is lovely and each character is distinct - most of them would be identifiable without the name attached. Clear elocution, excellent pronunciation of French names and words. And, of course, Madame Bovary is called a masterpiece for a reason. 10/10 all around.

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Anonymous

No matter how good the story if the Narrator is not good I cannot concentrate...might as well read the book.

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