here's my favorite Flaubert quote that really shows how much of a perfectionist he was: " _Whatever you want to say, there is only one word that will express it, one verb to make it move, one adjective to qualify it. You must seek that word, that verb, that adjective, and never be satisfied with approximations, never resort to tricks, even clever ones, or to verbal pirouettes to escape the difficulty_ " and one by william s. burroughs, that your line about writing one bad novel a day to get practice reminded me of: " _You do an awful lot of bad writing in order to do any good writing. Incredibly bad. I think it would be very interesting to make a collection of some of the worst writing by good writers_ "
Love Flaubert . . . He uses simple words to express the most complicated emotional and psychological behaviour. The idea of not having kids in order not to inflict them with pain was also expressed by an Arab poet, described as a pessimistic free thinker, born some 1000 years ago who said ‘my father committed this act upon me but I should refuse to commit the same on others. As usual, very informative, detailed and as well entertaining. God bless.
Also the fact that this idiot wasn’t grateful for the life his father gave him despite it being the reason he could babble such nonsense speaks VOLUMES about his repulsive character
How you pierce through the conundrum of content and provide the profound insight of the writer is commendable. Especially that comparison between Dostoevsky and Flaubert in beginning sets the stage and then a performance👏
Excellent reading of key themes in Flaubert 's work and the prevailing philosopies of the time that influenced him. Streets ahead of some on social media calling themselves 'reviewers'. Thank you !
Excellent. Learnt a lot! Indeed a masterpiece. Requesting a video on Mo Yan, the Chinese Novelist. Heard a lot about him. But not in a strict sense. So please 🙂. By the way, good editing. Regards
I read madam Bovary twice 20 years apart and interpreted it completely differently. First time I disliked Emily the second time I greatly pitied her. Flaubert is truly one of the greats
Regrettably I'm not much of a reader but I've started listening to audiobooks here and there but, I enjoy listening to these stories of interesting writers, philosophers and other creative individuals. Getting a summary of their works and it often seems the person is as interesting, if not more than their creations.
@@MrExtraordinaire16 always good to see you! Fiction Beast is making quite the homework list for me! 😊. I’m proud to say I’m already 120 pages in Book 4 of Proust. Then I’ll take a break with Don Quixote. Then I’ll have to decide from Madame Bovary or Proust 5. I really enjoyed my first William Blake poem so glad to have gotten the suggestion from you.
@@gracefitzgerald2227 dang you've already reached sodom and gomore that's impressive, it took me over 4 weeks the finish the entire collection of a la recherche du temps perdu as for the William blake poem i am really glad you like it i've recently been starting To read some robert frost poems aswell as t.s elliot and am also beginning to read the first pages of the pickwick paper by charles dickens so it's been a stipulating day for me aswell but it was also tremendously fun and I hope you have the same enjoyment as I did reading these books.😁
@@MrExtraordinaire16 oh yeah! Absolutely, and I walk around talking like Frazier Crane driving everyone around me absolutely bonkers! I recently watched Patrick Melrose and Catherine the Great. Both series are fantastically verbose. My friend got mad at me for calling her posture ghastly. Lol, she’s a ballerina so I felt like she could take it 😃
Flaubert...what an artist. A great great thinker and a great Human. I'm pretty sure that Nietzsche was admiring him much more than what he admitted about the French culture
Excelente trabajo, lleno de dedicación y esfuerzo!, Hace poco descubri este canal con el vídeo de Tolstoí y Dostoievski, y ahora soy fan de tus vídeos, gracias por los subtítulos en español, eternamente agradecido
Flaubert. This is a sick project. He resented the setup, having to produce something of value and trade it with others. Still making literature from his poisonous dreck, such as the putrid film "Little Children."
You really do not pay much attention to the form, the style, the irony. A novel is not just some sort of manual for living, you know. A novel is something much, much more. As a matter of fact, describing a novel is very futile, and contradict the very idea of the novel as such. Thus if you excuse me, but to make my point absolutely clear, which of course always is a good thing to do, I have to say that you are trivializing Flaubert.
