Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
"Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert is a novel published in 1857. Emma Bovary, a beautiful young woman raised on romantic novels, marries a country doctor but finds provincial life suffocating. Craving luxury, passion, and high society, she seeks escape through increasingly reckless means. This groundbreaking work of literary realism caused scandal upon publication, with prosecutors attacking it as obscene. The resulting trial made it notorious before it became a bestseller and one
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| Author | Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Aveling, Eleanor Marx, 1855-1898 |
| Title | Madame Bovary |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Bovary |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Adultery -- Fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Married women -- Fiction |
| Subject | France -- Fiction |
| Subject | Middle class -- Fiction |
| Subject | Physicians' spouses -- Fiction |
| Subject | Suicide victims -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 2413 |
| Release Date | Feb 26, 2006 |
| Last Update | Apr 30, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 9450 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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