--- title: "2 Emma Bovary Quotes By Sophie Barthes" description: "2 Emma Bovary quotes by Sophie Barthes. Plus more from Sophie Barthes and more Emma Bovary sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/sophie-barthes-49244_appetite_madame-bovary-is-one-my-favorite-novels_1420367.jpg" --- > [Madame Bovary is one my favorite novels. Emma Bovary will always be an enigma, but as the years pass, I feel that I understand her better. She has a violent nostalgia, almost an infantile nostalgia, to be understood by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-barthes/madame-bovary-is-one-my-favorite-novels-emma-bovary-will-always-be-an/) [Sophie Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-barthes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/sophie-barthes-49244_appetite_madame-bovary-is-one-my-favorite-novels_1420367.jpg) > [As Baudelaire said it so beautifully, Emma Bovary is an androgynous character. She cannot be reduced to a gender or a sociological type. She represents something bigger than herself. That was the genius of Flaubert: the ability to combine the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-barthes/as-baudelaire-said-it-so-beautifully-emma-bovary-is-an-androgynous/) [Sophie Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-barthes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/sophie-barthes-49244_ability_as-baudelaire-said-it-so-beautifully-emm_2952947.jpg) ## More by Sophie Barthes > [I've only made short films and two features, which are very different. One is a surreal comedy, and the other is a period tragedy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-barthes/i-ve-only-made-short-films-and-two-features-which-are-very-different/) [Sophie Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-barthes/) > [I think the US and Russia are mirroring each other and they have this love/hate relationship since the Cold War. You feel it when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-barthes/i-think-the-us-and-russia-are-mirroring-each-other-and-they-have-this/) [Sophie Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-barthes/) > [Madame Bovary is one my favorite novels. Emma Bovary will always be an enigma, but as the years pass, I feel that I understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-barthes/madame-bovary-is-one-my-favorite-novels-emma-bovary-will-always-be-an/) [Sophie Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-barthes/) > [Never give up. I do believe it is harder for female directors. I have been lucky to receive support from the Sundance Institute for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-barthes/never-give-up-i-do-believe-it-is-harder-for-female-directors-i-have/) [Sophie Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-barthes/) > [Flaubert's famous sentence, "Madame Bovary, c'est moi" ("Madame Bovary, she is me"), in reality means, " Madame Bovary, c'est nous" ("Madame Bovary, she is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-barthes/flaubert-s-famous-sentence-madame-bovary-c-est-moi-madame-bovary-she/) [Sophie Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-barthes/) > [As Baudelaire said it so beautifully, Emma Bovary is an androgynous character. She cannot be reduced to a gender or a sociological type. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-barthes/as-baudelaire-said-it-so-beautifully-emma-bovary-is-an-androgynous/) [Sophie Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-barthes/) > [Madame Bovary is timeless. It is not just about the female condition in France in the 1840s. It's not a simple cautionary tale. Emma…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-barthes/madame-bovary-is-timeless-it-is-not-just-about-the-female-condition/) [Sophie Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-barthes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emma-bovary/sophie-barthes/#itemlist", "name": "2 Emma Bovary Quotes By Sophie Barthes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Madame Bovary is one my favorite novels. Emma Bovary will always be an enigma, but as the years pass, I feel that I understand her better. She has a violent nostalgia, almost an infantile nostalgia, to be understood by the men surrounding her. 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