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Title:
Madame Bovary
Genre:
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Politics
Romance
Realistic Fiction (Realism)
Psychology
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Series:
Penguin Clothbound Classics
Binding:
Hardcover
Edition:
2nd
Narrative:
Third Person
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
335
Number of Chapters:
35
Date Added:
2018-06-26 18:19:33
Synopsis:
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, Flaubert’s torrid debut lives on in Geoffrey Wall’s brilliant translation. This edition features an introduction by Wall, and a preface on Emma Bovary’s femininity and modernity by novelist Michèle Roberts.
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, Flaubert’s torrid debut lives on in Geoffrey Wall’s brilliant translation. This edition features an introduction by Wall, and a preface on Emma Bovary’s femininity and modernity by novelist Michèle Roberts.
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Author:
Gustave Flaubert
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Publisher:
Penguin Books
Barcode:
9780141394671
Country:
United States
Place of Printing:
Great Britain
Publication Date:
2014-08-07
Publication Year:
2014
Copyright Year:
2003
Number of Copies:
1
Editor:
Geoffrey Wall
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Cover Artist:
Coralie Bickford-Smith
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Illustrator:
Coralie Bickford-Smith
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Translator:
Geoffrey Wall
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Language:
English
Publisher Location:
England, U.K.
Special Edition:
Yes
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$13.49
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-04-13
Date Added:
2018-06-26 18:19:33
