Selected Masterpieces of World Literature - Madame Bovary

Author: Gustave Flaubert (French) translated by Chu Yanqing
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: When the young Emma was in the convent, she indulged in romantic love stories and was full of fantasies about marriage. However, after marriage (as Madame Bovary), she grew tired of a monotonous life and insisted on pursuing a "Parisian-style love." After a series of love games, she swallowed arsenic and ended her life. Through the depiction of a woman's moral decline, the novel reveals the debauchery, decay, and ugliness of the ruling class. The author meticulously dissected the society he lived in and drew a conclusion: such a social environment could only produce immoral women. The novel powerfully condemned the decline and decay of the ruling class, exposing that high-ranking officials were just as licentious as Madame Bovary. As a result, the author was put on trial. This novel, the author's first work crafted over five years with great care, is also his masterpiece. This masterpiece of naturalism, with superb artistic technique, is a treasure in the world's literary heritage. Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) was a brilliant 19th-century French realist writer, the "King of Short Story Writers," the teacher of Guy de Maupassant, and the representative of the French Naturalist movement. Other works include Salammb?, éducation Sentimentale, and Three Tales.