![]() ![]() “Who will read the novel of Monsieur Flaubert? Will it be men who busy themselves with political or social economy? No! The light pages of Madame Bovary will fall in even lighter hands - into the hands of young women, sometimes of married women. First, upon the eyes, that had so coveted all worldly pomp then upon the nostrils, that had been greedy of the warm breeze and amorous odours then upon the mouth that had uttered lies, that had been curled with pride and cried out in lewdness then upon the hands, that had delighted in sensual touches and finally upon the soles of the feet, so swift of yore, when she was running to satisfy her desires, and that would now walk no more." - last rites scene Then he recited the Misereatur and the Indulgentiam, dipped his right thumb in the oil and began to give extreme unction. ![]() "The priest rose to take the crucifix then she stretched forward her neck as one who is athirst, and gluing her lips to the body of the Man-God, she pressed upon it with all her expiring strength the fullest kiss of love that she had ever given. So at last she was to know those joys of love, that fever of happiness of which she had despaired! She was entering upon marvels where all would be passion, ecstasy, delirium." "She repeated, "I have a lover! a lover!" delighting at the idea as if a second puberty had come to her. “ Madame Bovary, c'est moi” (“Madame Bovary is me”) -Gustave Flaubert ![]()
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