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Title: DOES THIS REMIND YOU OF, SAY, FLAUBERT?
Review: I am giving this novel such a low rating because of its blatant unoriginality. The similarities between Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Chopin's The Awakening is more than I can ignore. Take the plot, for instance. Married woman finds herself bored and dissatisfied with her station in life. Woman seeks man for satisfaction, enjoys herself guiltily for a while, then relationship ends. Woman becomes despondent for a while, realizes she will never become happy so ends it with suicide.It is this basic idea that haunts both Madame Bovary and The Awakening. There are a few trivialities that are different, but the plot of Chopin's is entirely unoriginal.
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