Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert

Publisher: Brentano's 1010
ISBN/ASIN: 0140449124
Number of pages: 408

Description:
The publication in 1857 of Madame Bovary, with its vivid depictions of sex and adultery, incited a backlash of immorality charges. The novel tells the story of Emma Bovary, a doctor’s wife bored and unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood. She embarks upon a series of affairs in search of passion and excitement, but is unable to achieve the splendid life for which she yearns. Instead, she finds herself trapped in a downward spiral that inexorably leads to ruin and self-destruction.