Madame Bovary

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ISBN: 9780007420308
Authors: Gustave Flaubert
Publisher: HarperPress
Date of Publication: 2011-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Romance
Related Topics: Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.7
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"... for her, life was as cold as an attic with a window looking to the north and ennui, like a spider, was silently spinning its shadowy web in every cranny of her heart."Married to Charles, a provincial doctor, Emma Bovary yearns for a more glamorous life. Disenchanted with her devoted and dependable husband and seeking an escape from their dull marriage, she is soon lured into romantic liaisons and tempted by the finer things in life. Considered scandalous in mid-19th century French society, Emma Bovary's superficial and immoral behaviour shocked readers and caused moral outcry. Flaubert holds up to ridicule not only Madame Bovary herself, but the society that dares to judge her
 

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