A major new translation of one of the most popular classics of all time, now in a gorgeous deluxe edition.
Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment and the consequences are devastating. Flaubert's erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of Emma Bovary caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857. It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: 'Madame Bovary, c'est moi'.
| ISBN: | 9780143106494 |
| Publication date: | 5th April 2012 |
| Author: | Gustave Flaubert |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition |
| Primary Genre | Classic fiction: general and literary |
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A major new translation of one of the most popular classics of all time, now in a gorgeous deluxe edition.
Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment and the consequences are devastating. Flaubert's erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of Emma Bovary caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857. It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: 'Madame Bovary, c'est moi'.
Madame Bovary features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Erotic Fiction, General Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Fiction in translation, Fiction, Fiction: special features
Madame Bovary is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook, CD-Audio
Madame Bovary was written by Gustave Flaubert and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Madame Bovary has 384 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition series
£11.69
