Charles Bovary, country doctor : portrait of a simple man /
Améry, Jean,author.
West, Adrian Nathan,translator.
Améry reimagines Flaubert's Madame Bovary from the point of view of Charles Bovary. Charles Bovary tells his side, Améry vindicates Flaubert's hated bourgeoisie, and in the end, Flaubert himself winds up in the docket, forced to account for the implausibility of his own vaunted realism. -- adapted from back cover.
Améry reimagines Flaubert's Madame Bovary from the point of view of Charles Bovary. Charles Bovary tells his side, Améry vindicates Flaubert's hated bourgeoisie, and in the end, Flaubert himself winds up in the docket, forced to account for the implausibility of his own vaunted realism. -- adapted from back cover.
Introduction -- Threnody -- Ridiculus sum -- The reality of Gustave Flaubert -- The bourgeois as lover -- The reality of Charles Bovary -- J`Accuse.
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880.
Bovary, Charles (Fictitious character)
Losers
Cuckolds
Bovary, Charles (Fictitious character)
Cuckolds.
Losers.
Charles Bovary, country doctor.