It's been a challenge, enough so that I'll read the just-arrived Easton Press translation after I finish a couple of chapters to make sure I comprehended things (I have, for the most part), but yet the descriptions fell into place for me after the third or fourth chapter.
I think it's the most challenging thing I've read in French yet.
On the rest, I'll wait until you're done and have more thoughts.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
/Discussion: Madame Bovary
- 20/01/2011 06:22:50 PM
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Re: /Review: Madame Bovary
- 20/01/2011 07:20:36 PM
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Emma didn't try to transcend her world. She tried to escape it. And she failed. Miserably.
- 21/01/2011 06:25:36 AM
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I agree with much of what you say.
- 20/01/2011 07:57:57 PM
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I'm glad to hear that the read wasn't easy for you, either.
- 21/01/2011 06:30:00 AM
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Yeah, I think it's safe to say some of those words would give even native speakers pause.
- 21/01/2011 06:37:02 PM
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I want to read two more "serious" works before skipping over to Druon.
- 22/01/2011 06:03:09 PM
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Ambitious. 
- 22/01/2011 06:26:59 PM
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- 22/01/2011 06:26:59 PM
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Re: Ambitious.
- 25/01/2011 06:20:12 PM
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- 25/01/2011 06:20:12 PM
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I'm halfway through the second part now
- 20/01/2011 11:58:01 PM
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I'm interested to see what you think when you finish.
- 21/01/2011 06:31:58 AM
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My thoughts
- 24/01/2011 06:48:13 AM
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Never beats the reader across the head, eh? So what do you make of the ending?
- 24/01/2011 10:39:06 PM
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So what do you make of the ending?
- 24/01/2011 10:39:06 PM
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The ending fits with the rest of the book, I believe
- 24/01/2011 11:04:02 PM
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Hm. I think maybe it's because you've read the book before, as Tom admitted.
- 25/01/2011 09:40:36 PM
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Your comments are one of the reasons I've sworn off translations.
- 25/01/2011 05:50:33 PM
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