Madame Bovary World Literature Classics Popular Edition

Author: Flaubert
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Publication Date: 2002-06-01
Features: The protagonist of this book, Emma, is the daughter of a wealthy farmer in the provinces. She spent her youth in a convent and read extensively in Romantic literature. After marrying a mediocre and dull town doctor, Charles Bovary, she was dissatisfied with her domestic life and became the mistress of the landlord Rodolphe and the clerk Leon. To please Leon and maintain a luxurious lifestyle, she squandered her husband's wealth and borrowed money at high interest rates. Later, Leon grew tired of her, creditors began to demand repayment, and she was left with no choice but to commit suicide by swallowing arsenic. Flaubert was an artist striving for perfection, regarding language and literary creation as his life. His choice of words was extremely precise, his writing elegant and classical, with a smooth and melodious rhythm. Madame Bovary as his masterpiece marked a turning point in French literary history. The charm of this classic work has only grown more enduring with the passage of time.