The little white attic

Do you wonder about how much time passes between events or how long something lasts in Madame Bovary ? I did. It’s not always clear, but I’m...

Let’s look at this passage, after Rodolphe dumps Emma:  “As for memories of Rodolphe, she stored them away in the depths of her heart, and...

Discussing  Madame Bovary , people tend to write about Emma’s sentimentality, silliness, and extravagance, and the way she foolishly expects...

“As Charles was giving the harness a final check he noticed something on the ground between the horse’s legs; he picked up a cigar case edg...

After John Coltrane, I spent some time with Miles Davis, and, finding myself unable to get into Porgy and Bess , In a Silent Way , Sketches ...

Motifs abound in Flaubert’s works. They are not symbols, but patterns and repeated images and associations.  1 of the main ones is the hors...

“In a Sentimental Mood” as performed by Duke Ellington (its composer) and John Coltrane is one of my favourite pieces in jazz. It’s tender, ...

Look at these lines—Flaubert describes the people at the Marquis’s party that Emma Bovary looks at:  “Their clothes, of better cut, seemed...

I’m rereading Madame Bovary after 6-7 years. The translation is by Christopher Moncrieff. This is a read-along, everyone is welcomed to join...

I’ve now listened to 12 John Coltrane albums: the 9 albums in the earlier post, plus Soultrane (1958), Dakar (recorded in 1957, released i...