Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Published in book form in April 1857, the novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Flaubert was notoriously perfectionist about his writing and claimed to always be searching for le mot juste (the right word)". (Summary from Wikipedia). (0 hr 59 min)
Chapters
| Part I, Chapter One | 21:39 | Read by hefyd |
| Part I, Chapter Two | 18:16 | Read by hefyd |
| Part I, Chapter Three | 12:38 | Read by hefyd |
| Part I, Chapter Four | 12:40 | Read by hefyd |
| Part I, Chapter Five | 9:20 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Part I, Chapter Six | 13:45 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Part I, Chapter Seven | 16:09 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Part I, Chapter Eight | 24:13 | Read by Bob Sage |
| Part I, Chapter Nine | 27:58 | Read by Bob Sage |
| Part II, Chapter One | 21:10 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| Part II, Chapter Two | 14:07 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| Part II, Chapter Three | 24:56 | Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
| Part II, Chapter Four | 9:24 | Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
| Part II, Chapter Five | 19:33 | Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
| Part II, Chapter Six | 24:40 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| Part II, Chapter Seven | 18:12 | Read by Gloria Zbilicki |
| Part II, Chapter Eight | 52:01 | Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
| Part II, Chapter Nine | 21:06 | Read by Lady Maria |
| Part II, Chapter Ten | 19:28 | Read by hefyd |
| Part II, Chapter Eleven | 29:28 | Read by hefyd |
| Part II, Chapter Twelve | 30:48 | Read by hefyd |
| Part II, Chapter Thirteen | 22:25 | Read by hefyd |
| Part II, Chapter Fourteen | 24:37 | Read by hefyd |
| Part II, Chapter Fifteen | 20:20 | Read by Roz Romero |
| Part III, Chapter One | 33:23 | Read by hefyd |
| Part III, Chapter Two | 21:18 | Read by Merne Túrante |
| Part III, Chapter Three | 5:44 | Read by Aaron Elliott |
| Part III, Chapter Four | 6:37 | Read by Ezwa |
| Part III, Chapter Five | 35:51 | Read by Bob Sage |
| Part III, Chapter Six | 36:40 | Read by Bob Sage |
| Part III, Chapter Seven | 29:25 | Read by Bob Sage |
| Part III, Chapter Eight | 45:46 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Part III, Chapter Nine | 21:07 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Part III, Chapter Ten | 12:25 | Read by Lori H |
| Part III, Chapter Eleven | 21:58 | Read by Bob Sage |
Reviews
Reader
Good readers. One, though had strong accent and read too fast. I missed a lot of it.
A LibriVox Listener
Chapter II, Part 9 is almost incomprehensible, otherwise great classic literature read in good manner.
bendintheriver
A LibriVox Listener
I have listened to many Librivox books, and by far, Elizabeth Clette is the best reader.
Excellent book, some good readers some bad
Jack
Ruth has a wonderful voice for this novel and excellent flow. Bob Sage however was really bad. I appreciate the effort he made but it was so staggering and poorly recorded I had to skip his chapters and read them instead.
in listening to the book I found myself getting lost as to who was this lover? …
Pearl Berg
There are three outstanding readers of the text. The one chapter that was read by a female was barely decipherable. She tried to “act” the parts but would have been better to learn proper pronunciation of words and cadence of speech. There were many loud noises taking over her microphone and I had to slow the speed down so I could attempt to understand the words.
No charaters no plot just scene despription
Hannes productions
i recommend Anna Karenina or the Idiot. They have a similar idea about woman who maybe doesn't think she did the right things in live. This stykle is so bad the caracters and plot suffer to the over description of every small thibg.
A LibriVox Listener
great story read by several volunteers. some great readers, and unfortunately some poor. recommended!
part 2 chapter 9
suz
can't understand a word of this chapter