I haven’t posted a character commentary in a while. Last time was a character I love, Ray the Lightning Bug from The Princess and the Frog. This time, it’s the opposite extreme, a character I DESPISE, Emma Bovary from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. I Loathe Madame Bovary The character more than the book, but I’m not super-fond of either. Emma is among the original desperate housewives. She married young and spent her life dissatisfied, running up debts, having affairs, and basically ruining […]

Categories: Characters, Fiction, Reading • Tags: desperate housewife, horrible characters in literature, Madame Bovary