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Every book Christopher Sykes recommended on podcasts

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Books recommended by Christopher Sykes

  1. Madame Bovary

    Gustave Flaubert · Discussed · 1 episode

    Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary is a classic nineteenth-century French novel chronicling a doctor's wife who engages in adulterous affairs and indulges in romantic extravaganzas in an attempt to escape the banalities of provincial life.

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    “He winked and he said, "I'll tell you what." He said, "I did read a novel once. It was called Madame Bovary and it was kind of nifty."”
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EpisodePodcastDateBooks
The Vanishing Mr. Feynman (Update) | Freakonomics RadioFreakonomics Radio2026-06-011