Madame Bovary

Author: Gustave Flaubert (French), translated by Li Jianwu
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Publishing Date: 2003-02-01
Features: Madame Bovary was serialized in Le Journal de Paris from 1856 to 1857, causing a sensation in the literary world and stirring up a great uproar in society. The French authorities prosecuted the author, accusing the novel of being "immoral and sacrilegious," and summoned the author to stand trial. In the end, the author was acquitted, and the reclusive, unknown author thus established his literary reputation and position in literature. Someone once asked Flaubert who the prototype of Madame Bovary was. He replied, "Madame Bovary is myself."