40 books in 2010! 20 books in 2011! How many in 2012?
Finishing the last page of a nice book is so much rewarding, so I thought to read more since January 2010 instead of wasting my time in front of the PC or TV. I read whatever I think might be interesting. Fiction or Nonfiction. Each book opens a new horizon. With the books you can travel around the world. ..... I just want to do something useful for myself.
I read English and German language. The ranking is from 1 (=very bad) through 10 (=excellent).

Saturday, July 31, 2010

28th book - "Madame Bovary" - Gustave Flaubert - 6 points

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was French.
More than 150 years old this classic novel is sensitively written. The story is about a bourgeois woman who gets bored about her marriage and life and runs in dangerous erotic adventures which all ends in a catastrophe.
A must read because of Flaubert's written language, but not always easy. Maybe I feel so, because I read that book over a certain time of a certain stressful working month.
I read the 2005 Barnes & Nobles Classic edition with introduction by Chris Kraus. ISBN 978-1-59308-052-5. Originally published in 1856.
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