Madame Bovary (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

Madame Bovary (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

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 devastating consequences. 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." One of the greatest novels of the 19th century, Flaubertâ‚¬s torrid debut lives on in Geoffrey Wallâ‚¬s brilliant translation.Â This edition features an introduction by Wall, and a preface on Emma Bovary's femininity and modernity by novelist MichÂ¨le Roberts.

Part of Penguinâ‚¬s beautiful hardcover Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Hardcover
PartNumber 22146866
Color Purple
Height 8.07085
Length 5.31495
Weight 1.11774366834
Width 1.1811
ReleaseDate 2015-05-26
NumberOfItems 1

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