Madame Bovary: (English language) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542986779)

Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. When the novel was first serialized in La Revue de Paris between 1 October 1856 and 15 December 1856, public prosecutors attacked the novel for obscenity. The resulting trial in January 1857 made the story notorious. After Flaubert's acquittal on 7 February 1857, Madame Bovary became a bestseller in April 1857 when it was published as a single volume. The novel is now considered Flaubert's masterpiece, as well as a seminal work of literary realism and one of the most influential novels. The British critic James Wood writes: "Flaubert established, for good or ill, what most readers think of as modern realist narration, and his influence is almost too familiar to be visible."

Author: Gustave Flaubert
ISBN-10: 154298677X
ISBN-13: 9781542986779
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/06/2017
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.39d