"Madame Bovary" and "The Woman in White"

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This paper provides a comparison of the manner in which sex and sexual innuendo are prevalent in the two novels. The main character of each book is examined in order to determine how the style used by the narrator to introduce the subject of sex befits the protagonist.

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"The narrative perspective in Madame Bovary is clearly erotic, obviously very provocative, a mere eyelash away from being sexually sordid and of course it could be argued that it was designed by Flaubert to be made more popular by being much-discussed by readers and critics, which it has been, and will continue to be. Indeed, when a writer paints a picture of a character who receives an erotic thrill "leading to a full-blown fetish" by simply handling books, and watching tissue paper kind of glide over plates, this is literature that goes into the genre, if you will, of soft-core pornography. And meantime, let's not be fooled into ignoring the titillating aspects of this work just because it is so extraordinarily well-crafted and stylish. It's sexy. It's very sexy."

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