Madame Bovary

"Flaubert’s “Madame Bovary” for French A-level. Flaubert’s slogan “le style est tout”... became part of the foundations of my sense of taste."

"I've got to read the Lydia Davis translation of "Madame Bovary." I'm having physical cravings for it."

"I also love Henry James and Gustave Flaubert, who wrote the first feminist novel in "Madame Bovary." I love that period of literature; it's like hyper-elegant gossip."

"I love Madame Bovary also."

"I'm curious how others deal with these problems. In the case of Davis, extremely well."

"The last great book I read. . . . It was probably the Lydia Davis translation of “Madame Bovary.”"