{"product_id":"madame-bovary-gustave-flaubert-9780679420316","title":"Madame Bovary: Introduction by Victor Brombert","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmma, a passionate dreamer raised in the French countryside, is ready for her life to take off when she marries the decent, dull Dr. Charles Bovary. Marriage, however, fails to live up to her expectations, which are fueled by sentimental novels, and she turns disastrously to love affairs. The story of Emma's adultery scandalized France when \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e was first published. Today, the heartbreaking story of Emma's financial ruin remains just as compelling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, his story of a shallow, deluded, unfaithful, but consistently compelling woman living in the provinces of nineteenth-century France, Gustave Flaubert invented not only the modern novel but also a modern attitude toward human character and human experience that remains with us to this day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the rare works of art that it would be fair to call perfect, \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e has had an incalculable influence on the literary culture that followed it. This translation, by Francis Steegmuller, is acknowledged by common consensus as the definitive English rendition of Flaubert's text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gustave Flaubert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679420312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679420316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.30w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e167218 \/ Madame Bovary\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gustave Flaubert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981088981247,"sku":"9780679420316","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_34b00b4e-7f60-42af-a4a8-f92fca5aff09.jpg?v=1683253596","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/madame-bovary-gustave-flaubert-9780679420316","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}