I fucking hate Madame Bovary for this same reason, or maybe I love it? I can't decide. Everyone in the book is horrible or an idiot. It's either amazing satire of boring middle class Victorian goofballs or a kind of mournful tribute to them.
Jeeves and G&S and Importance of being Earnest all paint the nobility as these lovable idiots that should absolutely be kept where they are to entertain society and keep them out of the way of people doing actual work.
I fucking hate Madame Bovary for this same reason, or maybe I love it? I can't decide. Everyone in the book is horrible or an idiot. It's either amazing satire of boring middle class Victorian goofballs or a kind of mournful tribute to them.
It's definitely more the former than the latter, but kind of both.
A common theme particularly in British novels.
Jeeves and G&S and Importance of being Earnest all paint the nobility as these lovable idiots that should absolutely be kept where they are to entertain society and keep them out of the way of people doing actual work.
Bitch name was Bovary???
Aka Big Ovary
Her niece was Ms. Gipple.