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Bibliomania | Gustave Flaubert

https://youtu.be/bGdWGu6b7EI?si=Sn-vC32STj45ewi3

Do you suffer from bibliomania? John W. Doull does — and his Dartmouth bookstore proves it - by Andrew Sampson on the CBC News website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/john-w-doull-bookseller-profile-1.691...

YouTube video: A Walk Through John W. Doull Books: https://youtu.be/RImOoqcRDKA?si=DnHwNiFxOrp6frnk

Leftcoastzen I would probably want something near the bottom of the teetering stacks on the floor ! Possibly leading me to accidentally knocking it over and owner would kick me out!📚📚📚📚📚😄 2mo

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Daisey

Flaubert's Parrot | Julian Barnes

so-so

I found some sections of this book interesting and others incredibly boring. As the fictional narrator described Flaubert‘s life and his own, my main thought though was curiosity about which parts about Flaubert were fact or fiction. I went in knowing nothing about Flaubert except that he was an author, so I might consider revisiting after reading one of his books. I wouldn‘t recommend it to someone without interest in his life and writing.

Daisey #1001books #audiobook
#Reading1001 Randomized List 2024 3mo

Dilara All I can think about is why is there a budgie on the cover when the title says ”parrot”😋 3mo

Daisey @Dilara Since I don‘t know anything about the differences, I‘m going to guess the person choosing the cover was only paying attention to the description of the parrot‘s color. 3mo

Dilara @Daisey That would explain it 😁 3mo

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AroundTheBookWorld

Madame Bovary | Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary tells the bleak story of a marriage that ends in tragedy. Charles Bovary, a good-hearted but dull and unambitious doctor with a meagre practice, marries Emma, a beautiful farm girl raised in a convent.
#MadameBovary #GustaveFlaubert #book #books #bookyourself #bookunion #bookutopia #bookunicorn #bookunicorns #bookunhaul #bookish #bookishfeature #Classics #Fiction #France #Literature #FrenchLiterature #Romance #19thCentury 💕💕💕💕💕

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AroundTheBookWorld

Madame Bovary | Gustave Flaubert

We were in class when the headmaster came in, followed by a 'new fellow,' not wearing the school uniform, and a school servant carrying a large desk.
#MadameBovary #GustaveFlaubert #firstline #openingline #book #books #bookfair #bookfan #bookfans #bookfandom #bookfever #bookfanatic #bookfrenzy #bookgeek #bookgeeks #bookgeeky #bookgang #bookgasm #geek #Classiacs #Fiction #France #Literature #FrenchLiterature #Romance #19thCentury #Novels 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎

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Leftcoastzen

Bibliomania | Gustave Flaubert

Ok this may not be #Top10Summer2023 I decided to pick my top 5 as I didn‘t read nearly as many books this summer as I usually do. Life happens. The list and the tag from @batsy helped me decide to revisit what I read.All top notch in my humble opinion .😄

Cinfhen

batsy Thank you for sharing! Great list and quality over quantity. Dr. Thorne was so close to making my list, too. I love being immersed in a Trollope book. 7mo

Cinfhen Thanks for sharing!! The Springsteen book sounds like something I NEED to read!! 7mo

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merelybookish

Flaubert and Madame Bovary: A Double Portrait | Francis Steegmuller

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Took me a while but I thoroughly enjoyed this biography of Flaubert. Divided into three parts -- Romanticism, The Purge, Realism -- it charts Flaubert's development from an eccentric romantic youth to a serious artist exploiting bourgeois style to skewer the bourgeoisie. It helps that Flaubert is a truly entertaining (and inconsistent) character. Bios are not my usual cuppa but this one read like a good novel. Now to revisit Madame Bovary!

batsy Sounds great! I've been having the itch to revisit Madam Bovary again too but want to get a fancy edition of a different translation 🙂 11mo

merelybookish @batsy Oooh what translation? (Not that I need to purchase a fancy new edition 💸) 11mo

batsy I'm torn between the Adam Thorpe and Lydia Davis translations! Which translation have you read? I have the Penguin Popular Classics edition that I bought when I was a teen and haven't read a different one since. 11mo

merelybookish @batsy I would have read something in university. Penguin Classics edition probably. I don't usually pay too much to translator as it can become another rabbit hole I can get lost in. (Even tho I can appreciate how important the translator is.) That said, Lydia Davis did the first volume of Proust, and so it would be tempting to read her version of Flaubert 11mo

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merelybookish

Flaubert and Madame Bovary: A Double Portrait | Francis Steegmuller

Perfect example of #moodreading. Not sure why (after years of owning it), I decided I wanted to read this literary bio of Flaubert and his most famous character. And yet, here I am. (Perhaps I'm still in the mood for all things 🇫🇷.)
Considered one of the best examples of literary biography, it is proving an entertaining read so far. Plus, there is something to reading about a different time and realizing many of today's problems are not new.

Leftcoastzen It‘s weird how they call your name sometimes when they have been sitting on the shelves for years. 11mo

merelybookish @Leftcoastzen Yes! It's why it's so hard to get rid of a book, even if it's been unread for years. 11mo

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Bookwomble

Bibliomania | Gustave Flaubert

#bookhaul
I let out a subdued squeal when I saw The Analog Sea Review No. 4. I always find so many new ideas and new (to me) writers, plus the lovely reproductions of artworks 😍📖
I took in a sharp breath when I saw The Jewish Problem, but fortunately it's written by a Jewish man, the problem being that which Jews have with anti-Semitism. Written in 1938, directly addressing the Nazi rise to power just prior to WWII.

Dilara I took in a sharp breath too when I saw the title - good to know it's not what I feared it was! 1y

Bookwomble @Dilara I know, right?! I had to give a little explanation so that nobody got the wrong idea! The author says that it would more accurately be called The Gentile Problem, as anti-Semitism is seated in the oppressor, not the oppressed. 1y

Dilara @Bookwomble And yet, they went with the inacurate but eye-catching title... 1y

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Bookwomble @Dilara Well, I guess that at a time when anti-Semitism was promoted by the mainstream press & by the Royal Family, insofar as they supported and entertained prominent Nazis, he went with the title most likely to lead British people to picking up his book. It has a brief history of pre-20th century anti-Semitism, then an analysis of the extremes to which the Nazis were taking it, essentially predicting their "Final Solution" prior to the Holocaust 1y

Dilara @Bookwomble I'll have to look for this book. 1y

Bookwomble @Dilara 🙂👍 1y

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Bookwomble

Bibliomania | Gustave Flaubert

"My intention to buy fewer books and downsize my personal library" Vs. "Me returning library books with the conscious intention of visiting the bookshop nextdoor and buying more books" ??‍?

AshleyHoss820 Our local bookstore moved in right across the street from the library and BOY is that short walk over easy to justify…☺️😁📚 1y

Aimeesue Oh, the struggle! 1y

DivineDiana It definitely takes strong willpower to resist! 1y

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Bookwomble @AshleyHoss820 Excellent marketing strategy 😁 1y

Bookwomble @Aimeesue To be honest, I don't struggle that much. I wish I did 😄 1y

Bookwomble @DivineDiana Explain this "willpower" to me, please ? 1y

DivineDiana I have a strong desire to own “all the books”, but realistically, I don‘t have the space. So, I have to continually resist the urge to buy another book, invoking the power of my mind. (edited) 1y

Bookwomble @DivineDiana I expect my obituary to read something like, "He was found crushed to death beneath a 12-foot pile of unread books, which toppled over when he tried to remove the one at the bottom. He died peacefully, and his grieving family say they take comfort from knowing it was how he would have wanted to go." ?? 1y

rwmg @AshleyHoss820 gotta get those daily steps in somehow 1y

DivineDiana @Bookwomble I just might borrow that one for my own! 🤣 1y

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VioletMoonBooks

Madame Bovary | Gustavo Flaubert

He has just received the cross of the Legion of Honour.
#MadameBovary #GustaveFlaubert #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookfeature #bookfeatures #bookfair #bookfan #bookfandom #bookfandoms #bookfever #bookfanatic #bookfrenzy #bookgeek #bookgeeks #bookgeeky #bookgang #bookgasm #geek #geeks #geeky #bookhoarder #bookhoarders #bookhaul #bookhauler #bookholic #bookholics #bookheaven #bookjunkies #Classics #Fiction #France #Literature #Romance ❣️❣️

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