Madame Bovary - Three Stories

Author: [French] Flaubert
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Publish Date: 1998-10-01
Features: A daughter of a farming family, who received aristocratic education in a convent, looks down upon her husband, a town doctor, and dreams of a legendary love. However, her first lover is a morally corrupt squire, and her second lover is a selfish and cowardly apprentice. Her affair brings her no happiness but instead creates an opportunity for speculators, making her a target for usury. Eventually, she accumulates overwhelming debts she cannot repay, her husband's meager assets have long been exhausted, and her lovers refuse to extend a helping hand. In her desperate situation, with no hope in sight, she resorts to suicide by poison.