Anyone searching the new site for "naughty bits" scissored by the publishers will probably be disappointed. Although Flaubert was furious that his text was altered to try to avoid a trial, the censored passages are hardly more explicit than many of those that remained. For instance, the celebrated sequence in which Emma Bovary and one of her lovers make love in a carriage with the blinds drawn as they trot through the streets of Rouen is barely changed in the various manuscript versions.
Seriously, 4500 pages? I can't decide whether this makes me despondent or grateful for my lack of French.
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This looks interesting! If I get a chance to check it out I'll let you know if you're missing something or lucky to not speak French.
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