On the Road with Madame Bovary

by Rupert Wolfe Murray | 21 Mar, 2016 | Reviews

When I was a kid I used to mock the names of the great French authors Gustave Flaubert and Honoré de Balzac. I used to pronounce Flaubert as “Flow Bert” and Balzac as “Balls Ache.” I thought this was really funny and, needless to say, didn’t read any of their books. (more…)