Lots of description was used in this novel, which I enjoy. It took a while for me to get into this book. The description of Monsieur Bovary's childhood seemed to have little to do with the rest of the story, except to maybe make the reader feel sorry for the doctor when he is married to his cheating wife, Emma.
It's easy to sit back and judge the woman thinking she should smarten up and appreciate the steadiness and reliability of her husband, but I understand why she would act in this manner. It gets boring after a while in the normal every-day humdrum of life. I guess people need to work on their relationships always, or they go stale. Excitement and "life" can be looked for elsewhere.
It was painful watching Madame Bovary make such a fool out of herself. Both of the men she had an affair with didn't like her after they used her up. Her husband did like her. Emma also ruined her child's life in the end. The poor innocent child ended up losing both of her parents. Emma killed herself by poisoning herself with arsenic and her father died of a broken heart after finding out that Emma had cheated on him. The little daughter ended up having to live with strangers and be their servant because she was destitute because her mother spent all her families money and went into debt.
Very sad.
7/10.
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