Author: | Gustave Flaubert | ISBN: | 1230000022855 |
Publisher: | Dolce Stil Publishing | Publication: | October 8, 2012 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Gustave Flaubert |
ISBN: | 1230000022855 |
Publisher: | Dolce Stil Publishing |
Publication: | October 8, 2012 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
Madame Bovary, published in 1856, is Gustave Flaubert's most famous novel. It is a tale of adultery and betrayal and shocked readers when it was first published, even resulting in a trial for obscenity. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.
Madame Bovary, published in 1856, is Gustave Flaubert's most famous novel. It is a tale of adultery and betrayal and shocked readers when it was first published, even resulting in a trial for obscenity. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.