Madame Bovary

Author: Flaubert
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Publish Date: 1998-11-01
Features: Madame Bovary, this brutal realist masterpiece, in a sense, serves as a reckoning with Romanticism and the Romantic novel. It extinguishes the unrealistic halo of fantasy, revealing the somber truth beneath. Without any inclination to dream, what you receive is a more authentic and harsh reality. Flaubert is an artistic master who strives for perfection, viewing words and literary creation as life. His use of language is extremely precise, his writing elegant and classical, with a smooth and melodious rhythm. Madame Bovary, as his masterpiece, marks a turning point in the history of French fiction. The charm of this classic work also remains timeless as time passes. The protagonist of this book, Emma, is the daughter of a wealthy provincial farmer and spent her youth in a convent, reading extensively in Romantic literature. After marrying the mediocre and dull town doctor Charles Bovary, she is dissatisfied with her life and becomes the mistress of the landowner Rodolphe and the clerk Leon. To please Leon and maintain a luxurious lifestyle, she squanders her husband's wealth and borrows money at high interest. Later, Leon grows tired of her, and the creditors press her for repayment. With no way out, she takes arsenic and commits suicide. Flaubert is an artistic master who strives for perfection, viewing words and literary creation as life. His use of language is extremely precise, his writing elegant and classical, with a smooth and melodious rhythm.