Madame Bovary (Famous Translation with Illustrations)

Author: Gustave Flaubert
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: From 1856 to 1857, a serialized novel in the French magazine Le Journal des débats caused a sensation in the literary world while also stirring up a great uproar in society. The infuriated judicial authorities prosecuted the author, accusing the novel of being "immoral and disrespectful to religion," and summoned the author to stand trial in court. This author was Gustave Flaubert, and this novel was his masterpiece, Madame Bovary. The farce of the trial ultimately ended with an "acquittal," but the reclusive, unknown author thus established his literary reputation and his place in literary history.