... detail in Madame Bovary even to describe how the houses look in the town of Yonville-lAbbaye. Even though the physical appearance of the houses is not significant in the story, by providing a detailed, visual account of the town, Flaubert conveys to the reader that the town of Yonville-lAbbaye will be just as boring and dull as Tostes, France, and ... goes on to say that "Charles was a bit namby-pamby, not his dream of a son-in-law, but... he probably wouldnt haggle too much over the dowry" (864). In these quotes, free indirect discourse allows a third-person narrative to exploit a firs...

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