Madame Bovary

'She wanted to die, and she wanted to live in Paris.'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.

''She wanted to die, and she wanted to live in Paris.''

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.

Meet ten of literature''s most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.

• | Author: Gustave Flaubert, Adam Thorpe
• | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• | Publication Date: Oct 14, 2021
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781784877460
• | ISBN-10: 1784877468