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Ashley C. Shannon's avatar

I love that you have someone else's annotated copy! There was a period in my post-graduate work where I became very preoccupied with Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Chopin's The Awakening. I wanted to dissect Madame Bovary, tooo, but never got to it. The motherhood analysis is fascinating! Thanks for sharing.

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Melinda Copp's avatar

Thank you!! I do love a wayward heroine

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Jennifer Shaw's avatar

I’m poorly read in French literature so I especially enjoyed this! Poor Madame B—it makes sense that her separation from her newborn would prevent bonding.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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Melinda Copp's avatar

Happy Mother’s Day!!

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