This pretty 1944 edition of #GustaveFlaubert 's #MadameBovary was translated by #EleanorMarxAveling and originally came in a #slipcase (missing). #Illustrated by #GermanAmerican #artist #RichardLindner. $25. #Booksky #literature #FrenchLit #prettybooks #art

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt sticks to our fingers. #madamebovary #gustaveflaubert #eleanormarxaveling

#madamebovary #gustaveflaubert #eleanormarxaveling 🧵He did not distinguish, this man of so much experience, the difference of sentiment beneath the sameness of expression. Because libertine and venal lips had murmured such words to him, he believed but little in the candour of hers; 1/