Madame Bovary, Chapter 7: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Emma imagines romantic travel and grows frustrated with Charles’s ordinary conversation, limited accomplishments, and belief that she is happy.
2. Her household skills and artistic activities increase Charles’s pride, while his mother resents Emma’s spending and his devotion.
3. Emma tries poetry and music to make herself love Charles, but feels no change and sees his affection as routine.
4. Walking with Djali near Banneville, Emma questions her marriage and imagines a different husband and a livelier existence.
5. The Marquis d’Andervilliers invites the couple to Vaubyessard after Charles treats him and he meets Emma.
6. Charles and Emma travel there on Wednesday afternoon and arrive as the park lamps are lit.

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Emma’s private dissatisfaction becomes a direct question about her marriage. She imagines other possible husbands rather than finding comfort in Charles’s affection.

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