What Makes Madame Bovary Great? here are many attributes that make Gustav Flaubert's, Madame Bovary, a great novel. Flaubert's antiromantic approach to writing and his shifting narrative ... and frustration. Conversely, the passage illustrates realism because it pays attention to small details, no matter how unpleasant. The significance of the material world to Emma's thoughts is stressed through the connection of the steam from the beef to her soul's exhalations. Flaubert links emotions to objects in this fashion throughout the book. In doing this ... world she resides in, and enter the wo...

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