#booktube #booktag In Which I talk about two of my favorite authors. Brian from Bookish's tag video, • The Favorite Author Tag I will fill in more info when I have a computer to use.
How could I not love a video in which someone is talking so passionately about Flaubert? I'm currently rereading Madame Bovary in a fantastic new German translation with an addendum not only full of fascinating background information, but also with the pleadings in court from the case against Flaubert.
"Charles conversation was as flat as a side walk and everyone's ideas filed along it in their everyday clothes exciting no emotion no laughter no reverie." Madame Bovary His sentences are like pearls.Took him 4.5 year to write this...4,500 pages of early drafts exist. trans. Lydia Davis It's good to compare translations. It can totally transform the writing.This one is fantastic! also includes totally absorbing notes gathered at the rear of the book... Later o my brother... ☮️ Peace Nota bene: Suggest favorite literary witch theme amongst your fellow literary cognoscenti...prizes to be awarded!
Love how in depth you got with your answers. Your answers are honest and descriptive. It inspired me to explore the authors you mentioned that I am embarrassed to share, I have not read at all. Great video Matthew.
Thank you Matthew. Glad you are doing the tag. We need to a have a Flaubert v. Balzac face off sometime. I hadn't thought about the translation aspect of this though I did recently discover that I life the work of some of Balzac's translators more than others.
I would love to have a Flaubert/ Balzac discussion with you. Balzac is one of my favorite novelists, and someone I want to spend a lot more time with. Even in English traslation, there is probably a dozen novels I still haven't read. I hope this winter to read A Harlot High and Low.
This has the wheels turning. It's so hard to say a favorite. I love so many but someone who I've just started & I'm hoping will be a new favorite is Tim Winton but I guess it's too soon to tell. I enjoyed hearing your thoughts. I so agree with you that it's a moving target. Such a great way to describe it.
@@MayberryBookclub I think I will start with madame Bovary but I’m considering sentimental education too, what is your recommendation for me? It will be my first Flaubert read
Even thou some novels are better than others, Flaubert never wrote a single bad sentence... Such perfection! I also laugh out loud reading Bouvard and Pecuchet, such a crazy book 😂
Matthew, I liked your translation aspect of reading. I understand very well what original and translation mean. There are authors I really prefer to read in original. I liked this video of yours very much. Thank you for your honesty.
Have you read "Flaubert's Parrot" by Julian Barnes? I think that you would enjoy it! It's an unusual biography of Flaubert, and an exploration of what it means to analyse someone's life and works. I've only read "Madame Bovary" and "Un coeur simple", so I'm not the biggest expert, but Barnes' book was fascinating, nevertheless.
You make Bouvard et Pecuchet sound so great. I've never read my copy because I understood it to be an unfinished work ( like Dickens' Mystery of Edwin Drood), and that bugged me. I hope I still have it somewhere! Thanks for the video!
I've found Bouvard et Pecuchet to be a difficult book for me to recommend. I love it of course, but the few people I've talked to who've read it were frustrated with the plotlessness of the book.
This really made me want to experience flaubert. Great point you made in regards to original work/language vs translation, it made me take pause. My favourite author at this moment is amor towles, best reading experience so far this year.
@@MayberryBookclub A followup, just finished gentleman in Moscow, it was a wonderful read, I think you would enjoy it. Amor Towles is 2 and 0 for me now. I usually try to ignore the book hype in general but I cant recommend this highly enough.
Thanks for the great video! It’s a shame I’ve read neither of them yet. My favorite authors right now are Leo Tolstoy and John Fowles. By Tolstoy I love “Resurrection” the most, and the best book by Fowles in my opinion is “The Magus”. I also feel like I can claim my favorite only those authors, whom I can read in the original
Flaubert dedicated Madame Bovary to the lawyer who successfully defended the book against government attempts to ban it's publication due to immorality. Peace
LOL weren't you the one who wrung his hands in angst after he finished reading Emma, and all you could say was "why?? why ??? why?? Oh my goodness why?" LOL
@@MayberryBookclub Ah, your favorite author...ok sorry Austin is definitely NOT you favorite author LOL. When you read the question I answered it for you right here from my desk (and you never noticed your lips moving LOL !!)
Hello Matthew, I didn't get any of that out of reading Flaubert! My loss, I guess. I have obviously never read Flaubert! I was wondering if you might like reading some of the Rumpole stories as he is always quoting Wordsworth. There are some readings on RUclips by Leo McKern who played him in the TV Series. Here is a sample: ruclips.net/video/ufqIU1mukss/видео.html And here is a sample of the TV series in which Rumpole quotes Wordsworth at 1:14.
How could I not love a video in which someone is talking so passionately about Flaubert?
I'm currently rereading Madame Bovary in a fantastic new German translation with an addendum not only full of fascinating background information, but also with the pleadings in court from the case against Flaubert.
Great discussion. Now I want read Flaubert soon. Thanks
I hope you enjoy it! And thank you!
"Charles conversation was as flat as a side walk and everyone's ideas filed along it in their everyday clothes exciting no emotion no laughter no reverie."
Madame Bovary
His sentences are like pearls.Took him 4.5 year to write this...4,500 pages of early drafts exist.
trans. Lydia Davis
It's good to compare translations. It can totally transform the writing.This one is fantastic! also includes totally absorbing notes gathered at the rear of the book... Later o my brother... ☮️ Peace
Nota bene:
Suggest favorite literary witch theme amongst your fellow literary cognoscenti...prizes to be awarded!
Love how in depth you got with your answers. Your answers are honest and descriptive. It inspired me to explore the authors you mentioned that I am embarrassed to share, I have not read at all. Great video Matthew.
Thank you! May I ask, you is your favorite author?
Thank you Matthew. Glad you are doing the tag.
We need to a have a Flaubert v. Balzac face off sometime.
I hadn't thought about the translation aspect of this though I did recently discover that I life the work of some of Balzac's translators more than others.
I would love to have a Flaubert/ Balzac discussion with you. Balzac is one of my favorite novelists, and someone I want to spend a lot more time with. Even in English traslation, there is probably a dozen novels I still haven't read. I hope this winter to read A Harlot High and Low.
Brian, by the way, have you seen 'Balzac's Lives' by Peter Brooks? It's a new release from NYRB Classics, it looks really interesting.
This has the wheels turning. It's so hard to say a favorite. I love so many but someone who I've just started & I'm hoping will be a new favorite is Tim Winton but I guess it's too soon to tell. I enjoyed hearing your thoughts. I so agree with you that it's a moving target. Such a great way to describe it.
I was planning to read flaubert and your word makes me so excited to start
Terrific, I hope you enjoy it! May I ask, which book do you have in mind?
@@MayberryBookclub I think I will start with madame Bovary but I’m considering sentimental education too, what is your recommendation for me? It will be my first Flaubert read
Madame Bovary is a great start. If you want something shorter as an introduction, I would recommend A Simple Heart.
@@MayberryBookclub i will start with simple heart 👍🏻
Even thou some novels are better than others, Flaubert never wrote a single bad sentence... Such perfection!
I also laugh out loud reading Bouvard and Pecuchet, such a crazy book 😂
Matthew, I liked your translation aspect of reading. I understand very well what original and translation mean. There are authors I really prefer to read in original. I liked this video of yours very much. Thank you for your honesty.
Thank you!
Have you read "Flaubert's Parrot" by Julian Barnes? I think that you would enjoy it! It's an unusual biography of Flaubert, and an exploration of what it means to analyse someone's life and works. I've only read "Madame Bovary" and "Un coeur simple", so I'm not the biggest expert, but Barnes' book was fascinating, nevertheless.
I have! Several years ago, and I really enjoyed it. I'd like to read it again sometime, thank you for the reminder!
You make Bouvard et Pecuchet sound so great. I've never read my copy because I understood it to be an unfinished work ( like Dickens' Mystery of Edwin Drood), and that bugged me. I hope I still have it somewhere! Thanks for the video!
I've found Bouvard et Pecuchet to be a difficult book for me to recommend. I love it of course, but the few people I've talked to who've read it were frustrated with the plotlessness of the book.
This really made me want to experience flaubert. Great point you made in regards to original work/language vs translation, it made me take pause. My favourite author at this moment is amor towles, best reading experience so far this year.
I haven't read anything by him, how did you like Gentleman in Moscow?
I am currently reading that and am enjoying it. Rules of civility his debut novel is probably my favourite novel to date.
@@MayberryBookclub A followup, just finished gentleman in Moscow, it was a wonderful read, I think you would enjoy it. Amor Towles is 2 and 0 for me now. I usually try to ignore the book hype in general but I cant recommend this highly enough.
I agree with you re/ Flaubert. Temptation of St. Anthony in my favorite novel by far
It's a trip!
Thanks for the great video! It’s a shame I’ve read neither of them yet. My favorite authors right now are Leo Tolstoy and John Fowles. By Tolstoy I love “Resurrection” the most, and the best book by Fowles in my opinion is “The Magus”. I also feel like I can claim my favorite only those authors, whom I can read in the original
I enjoyed Resurrection as well. Thank you for sharing!
Flaubert dedicated Madame Bovary to the lawyer who successfully defended the book against government attempts to ban it's publication due to immorality. Peace
LOL weren't you the one who wrung his hands in angst after he finished reading Emma, and all you could say was "why?? why ??? why?? Oh my goodness why?" LOL
I'm not sure I see the connection but it is true that I didn't like Emma.
@@MayberryBookclub oh the connection was the question about which book/author do you least like.
@@Leebearify Oh! I didn't do a good job staying on track with the tag. The prompt was what is your least favorite book by your favorite author.
@@MayberryBookclub Ah, your favorite author...ok sorry Austin is definitely NOT you favorite author LOL. When you read the question I answered it for you right here from my desk (and you never noticed your lips moving LOL !!)
Hello Matthew, I didn't get any of that out of reading Flaubert! My loss, I guess. I have obviously never read Flaubert!
I was wondering if you might like reading some of the Rumpole stories as he is always quoting Wordsworth. There are some readings on RUclips by Leo McKern who played him in the TV Series. Here is a sample: ruclips.net/video/ufqIU1mukss/видео.html
And here is a sample of the TV series in which Rumpole quotes Wordsworth at 1:14.
Forgot to add the episode. here it is: ruclips.net/video/4eOOz39iA_Y/видео.html
Thank you Alan, I haven't read any of the Rumpole stories but I've only ever heard good things. Thank you for the link!