Our next read - a classic and a translation

Rather shockingly, in my eagerness to blog about our January meeting, I omitted to report on our next choice of book.  We had decided that it was time to do another a classic and Maria had dug out an interesting collection of possibles.   However, there was no doubting our enthusiasm for what ended up as an easy and unanimous choice: Madame Bovary.  I think I'm right in reporting that only Alison had read it before (and presumably then in French when she was at university) so it will be interesting to see what we make of it.  It has the sneaky advantage of slipping into two of our book categories - a classic but also a translation.  It also must be one of the cheapest paperbacks on the market - the copy I have ordered from Amazon costs £2 and if you have a Kindle - which I don't .... yet.... it is a free download.

My version has a very boring cover (well, what do you expect for £2) so here are a couple of images of much more evocative editions.

We are meeting next on 3 March at Sally D's (and with a 7.30pm start in deference to those who are off travelling the next day).