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Quote Originally Posted by Aurey View Post
Only one I can think of is Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. I don't think that it was a terrible novel, it was just taking a long time to get into, the plot didn't seem very interesting, and I had a list of other novels I wanted to read. So I just said screw it. I think I quit right before the whole thing got juicy, too. Maybe I'll pick it up again later.
Don't bother. It's horrible. The main character has no redeeming qualities much like the protagonists in The Great Gatsby.