Castigated for offending against public decency, Madame Bovary has rarely failed to cause a storm. For Flaubert's contemporaries, the fascination came from the novelist's meticulous account of provincial matters. For the writer, subject matter was subordinate to his anguished quest for aesthetic perfection. For his twentieth-century successors the formal experiments that underpin Madame Bovary look forward to the innovations of contemporary fiction.
Flaubert's protagonist in particular has never ceased to fascinate. Romantic heroine or middle-class neurotic, flawed wife and mother or passionate protester against the conventions of bourgeois society, simultaneously the subject of Flaubert's admiration and the butt of his irony - Emma Bovary remains one of the most enigmatic of fictional creations.
Flaubert's meticulous approach to the craft of fiction, his portrayal of contemporary reality, his representation of an unforgettable cast of characters make Madame Bovary one of the major landmarks of modern fiction.
Margaret Mauldon has worked as a translator since 1987. For OWC she has translated Zola's L'Assommoir, Stendhal's The Charterhouse of Parma, Huysmans' Against Nature (winner of the Scott Moncrieff Prize for translation, 1999), Constant's Adolphe, and Maupassant's Bel-Ami.
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评分Page10 Charles had seen in marriage the advent of an easier life, thinking he would be more free to do as he liked with himself and his money. But his wife was master; he had to say this and not say that incompany, to fast every Friday, dress as she liked, ...
评分Page10 Charles had seen in marriage the advent of an easier life, thinking he would be more free to do as he liked with himself and his money. But his wife was master; he had to say this and not say that incompany, to fast every Friday, dress as she liked, ...
评分Page10 Charles had seen in marriage the advent of an easier life, thinking he would be more free to do as he liked with himself and his money. But his wife was master; he had to say this and not say that incompany, to fast every Friday, dress as she liked, ...
评分Page10 Charles had seen in marriage the advent of an easier life, thinking he would be more free to do as he liked with himself and his money. But his wife was master; he had to say this and not say that incompany, to fast every Friday, dress as she liked, ...
这本书的叙事节奏,有一种独特的、不疾不徐的魅力。福楼拜似乎并不急于将故事推向高潮,而是花大量篇幅去描绘细节,去展现人物的内心活动,以及那些看似微不足道的日常琐事。正是这些看似琐碎的描绘,才使得艾玛这个角色变得如此真实,如此立体。她的喜悦,她的悲伤,她的愤怒,她的绝望,都通过作者冷静的笔触,一点点地渗透进读者的内心。我尤其喜欢书中对场景的描写,无论是艾玛初到乡村时的期待,还是她在婚后对生活细节的观察,抑或是她沉溺于幻想时的场景转换,都如同电影镜头般生动。这种细腻的刻画,让我仿佛置身于那个年代的法国小镇,亲眼目睹着艾玛的命运沉浮。即使故事的主线是关于她的爱情悲剧和物质追求,但书中对乡村生活、农庄经济、以及当时社会阶层划分的描写,也为我们勾勒出了一个完整的时代画卷。Wordsworth Classics的版本,简洁明了,让我在阅读时能够完全专注于内容本身,而不受其他干扰。
评分初次翻开《包法利夫人》,便被一种奇特的氛围所吸引。福楼拜的笔触,精准而又冷静,如同解剖刀般剖析着小镇的日常生活,以及隐藏在其中的暗流涌动。故事以一位名叫艾玛·包法利(Emma Bovary)的年轻女子为中心,她渴望挣脱庸碌乏味的婚姻和现实生活,对浪漫、激情和奢华充满了不切实际的幻想。书中对她内心世界的描绘,细腻入微,那些被压抑的欲望、对爱情的盲目憧憬,以及对社会规范的抵触,都栩栩如生。读着艾玛一次次地沉溺于对美好生活的虚构,并试图用各种方式去实现,让人既感到心疼,又不得不叹服于作者对人性的洞察。她对书中虚构的男主角的迷恋,对不属于她的物质世界的向往,都如同瘟疫般在她的精神中蔓延,最终将她推向了一个无法挽回的深渊。这本书让我开始思考,在看似平静的生活表面下,隐藏着多少不为人知的挣扎和失落,以及梦想与现实之间那道难以逾越的鸿沟。Wordsworth Classics的版本,装帧朴素,却承载着文学的经典之重,让我能够静心沉浸在这位悲剧女性的命运之中,感受那份超越时空的震撼。
评分《包法利夫人》给我的阅读体验,更像是一场沉重的集体反思。它不仅仅是关于一个女人个人悲剧的故事,更是对那个时代社会环境、道德观念以及女性地位的深刻批判。艾玛的丈夫,查尔斯·包法利(Charles Bovary),一个心地善良却又平庸乏味的医生,他无疑是她不幸生活的一个重要诱因,但福楼拜并未将他简单地塑造成一个纯粹的恶人。相反,他对艾玛的爱,那种笨拙而又无知的爱,更显得令人心酸。艾玛的每一次出轨,每一次对物质的挥霍,都仿佛是对他无声的控诉,控诉着婚姻的枯燥,生活的空虚,以及她被困在其中的绝望。而小镇上的其他人,那些虚伪的教会人士、势利的商人、以及背后议论纷纷的邻居,都构成了这个压抑而又狭隘的社会缩影。他们对艾玛的审判,不过是他们在自身平庸生活中的一种宣泄。阅读的过程中,我不断地问自己,如果艾玛生活在不同的时代,或者拥有不同的选择,她的命运是否会因此改变?这让我对“自由”和“选择”有了更深的理解,也更加警惕那些看似无伤大雅的社会规则,是如何一步步扼杀个体的生命力的。
评分阅读《包法利夫人》的过程,就像是在经历一场精神的洗礼。艾玛最终的结局,是如此的悲惨而又令人唏嘘。她用一种极端的方式,结束了自己痛苦而又充满遗憾的一生。然而,她留下的,却是对整个社会的一次深刻拷问。她的悲剧,不仅仅是个人的失败,更是那个时代对女性的压抑,对个体自由的束缚,以及对物质欲望的畸形追逐的必然结果。福楼拜的写作,充满了讽刺和挖苦,他用一种近乎冷漠的笔调,将艾玛的命运展现在读者面前,却又在字里行间流露出对人性的无奈和悲悯。这本书让我开始思考,在一个充满规则和期待的社会中,个体如何才能找到真正的自我,如何才能在有限的条件下,活出属于自己的精彩。Wordsworth Classics的这个版本,虽然没有华丽的包装,却以其经典的内容,让我得以与伟大的文学作品对话,并在其中汲取智慧和力量。这本书无疑会让我回味很久,并且在未来的阅读中,时不时地想起艾玛的身影,以及她那令人警醒的命运。
评分《包法利夫人》带给我的,是一种对“真实”的重新审视。艾玛所追求的,是她从小说和杂志上读到的那些“浪漫”和“激情”,是她对美好生活模糊而又奢侈的想象。然而,当她试图将这些幻想投射到现实中时,却一次次地碰壁。她的情人们,无论是那个风流的莱昂(Léon),还是那个粗俗的侯爵(Rodolphe),都无法真正满足她内心深处对理想爱情的渴望。他们要么是自私的,要么是肤浅的,他们的出现,不过是她逃避现实的工具,最终也无法拯救她于水火。这种对虚假浪漫的无情揭露,让我感到一丝冷酷,但也更加深刻。福楼拜并没有粉饰太平,他直面人性的弱点,直面欲望的虚幻,直面现实的残酷。艾玛的每一次堕落,每一次尝试,都如同一次次地撞向坚硬的现实壁垒,最终粉身碎骨。这本书让我开始反思,我们所追求的“美好”,究竟是源自内心深处的真实需求,还是被外界信息所灌输的虚假幻象?
评分大部分不切实际的幻想都通往不幸的自我毁灭。
评分大部分不切实际的幻想都通往不幸的自我毁灭。
评分大部分不切实际的幻想都通往不幸的自我毁灭。
评分大部分不切实际的幻想都通往不幸的自我毁灭。
评分大部分不切实际的幻想都通往不幸的自我毁灭。
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