Barthes shows ‘Bovary’ from a new perspective

Does the world need another adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s groundbreaking 1856 classic “Madame Bovary,” of which the author famously said, “Emma Bovary, c’est moi”? I say, “Pourquoi pas?” Sophie Barthes’ lush English-language adaptation, featuring Australian Mia Wasi­kowska (“Tracks”) as Flaubert’s immortal and doomed...