madame bovary, n.All

Madame Bovary (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the logical scandal: a masculine woman and a feminized man, a lyric and realistic work — and that scandal must send us to Flaubert's lived femininity.

Madame Bovary (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the deviation that followed the failure of St. Anthony, when friends told Flaubert to "tell a story" — the monstrous, splendid work in which he is objectified and alienated.