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Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert


  • Random House - Vintage Books
  • Vintage Heroines
This is the story of Emma, trapped in a disappointing marriage with a dull country doctor, she dreams for a life more like the sentimental novels she reads. In an attempt to break from the drab reality of her provincial life in Normandy, Emma takes a lover, and disaster soon follows. Greedy, delusional and selfish, the character of Emma Bovary scandalised readers from the novel''s first publication in 1857, yet her magnetism is undeniable.

ISBN 9781784877460 | EN | PB
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Publisher Random House - Vintage Books
ISBN 9781784877460
Publication date October 2021
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Pages 384
Language(s) English ed.
Exhibition Vintage Heroines
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This is the story of Emma, trapped in a disappointing marriage with a dull country doctor, she dreams for a life more like the sentimental novels she reads. In an attempt to break from the drab reality of her provincial life in Normandy, Emma takes a lover, and disaster soon follows. Greedy, delusional and selfish, the character of Emma Bovary scandalised readers from the novel''s first publication in 1857, yet her magnetism is undeniable. A landmark work in modern realism, Madame Bovary vibrates with the inner life of a woman hungry for more.