Niamh McConnell’s Reviews > Madame Bovary > Status Update

Onto Madame Bovary (one of the first books taught to me in my unergrad literary studies degree) and already, I love the prose — the chapter getting into Emma’s mind is so stunning but also so accurate in depicting her psychology, as someone who yearns for beauty but lacks the depth or sincerity to truly appreciate it. And already, Emma is growing tired of her marriage and yearns for passion and rapture…