![]() ![]() That’s probably because I have read Anna Karenina (and to a lesser extent Chekhov’s “Lady with a Dog”), the other great adulterous novel of the mid-19th century, and I have also read Flaubert’s “A Simple Heart” (in French, no less, thank you Madames Nichols et Bork). I think I thought I’d read Bovary a long time ago. There are a couple of minor editing mistakes in this audio version - two or three times we'd have a sentence repeated - but she brings a combination of elegance and clarity that really adds to the experience. ![]() What does Juliet Stevenson bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book? so to summarize: it's good to have this book in your repertoire, but if you are looking for an easy-read (easy-listening in this case) you might not find what you are looking for. thirdly, the narrator, is fabulous! the story came alive, and i found myself liking or disliking the characters as Mrs. Secondly, the novel has all the traits a classic novel has: too many characters, too detailed of a story, long period of time, you can really picture and vividly imagine the surroundings down to the petal color of the daisies.so it's a bit tedious at points, not to mention a tiny bit boring, long and over-bearing, but again, it's basics, so you must go thru it, and it's not that bad once you see the beauty in it. why? because if you are a true literary buff - you need to know your basics - and this novel (along with: crime and punishment, portrait of a lady, father guiro and such) is what it is. Firstly, it's one of those books that you simply must read in your life. ![]()
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