An interviewer asked me what book I thought best represented the modern American woman. All I could think of to answer was:… — Joseph McCarthy Copy Share Image
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Flaubert's famous sentence, "Madame Bovary, c'est moi" ("Madame Bovary, she is me"), in reality means, " Madame Bovary, c'est nous" ("Madame Bovary,… — Sophie Barthes Copy Share Image
“The time to read Madame Bovary is when your romantic hopes and desires have crashed, and you will believe that your future… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I don't want my novel to be like Madame Bovary, finely crafted with the life edited out of it. I want my… — Tama Janowitz Copy Share Image
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I'm astounded by people who take eighteen years to write something. That's how long it took that guy to write Madame Bovary,… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
“Dostoevsky was writing about losers. The main character of The Iliad, Hector, is a loser. It’s very boring to talk about winners.… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Proust, who did not greatly admire Flaubert, except perhaps in his narrow sense as a stylist - or perhaps only did not… — Enid Starkie Copy Share Image
Madame Bovary is timeless. It is not just about the female condition in France in the 1840s. It's not a simple cautionary… — Sophie Barthes Copy Share Image
I wrote the first draft of 'Madame Bovary' without studying the previous translations, although I gathered them and took the occasional peek. — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
“The choice of the point(s) of view from which the story is told is arguably the most important single decision that the… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
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