Kylie

Hi Kylie! I finally finished Madame Bovary about a week ago, it seemed to take forever to plough through this one, no fault of the book of course, just the many distractions of family life!

I really enjoyed Madame Bovary! Gustave Flaubert has a very traditional and beautiful writing style and gives particular attention to detail, the characters of the story were quite difficult to like at times, particularly the protagonist Madame Bovary, but I think that was the author's deliberate intention, as it seemed to enhance Flaubert's underlying social commentary on French povincial life in the 19th century.

I have just finished reading Lolita and have absolutely fallen in love with Vladimir Nabokov writing style! I think I will definitely read more of his books.....I noticed recently that you were reading Pinn, I would love to know if you enjoyed it? And how you found it in contrast to Lolita?