Madame Bovary (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Gustave Flaubert (France)
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Features: From 1856 to 1857, a serialized novel published in the French magazine Le Parisien caused a sensation in the literary world and also stirred a great uproar in society. Enraged judicial authorities prosecuted the author, accusing the novel of being "immoral and blasphemous," and summoned the author to court for trial. This author was Gustave Flaubert, and this novel was his masterpiece, Madame Bovary. The farce of the trial ultimately ended with an "acquittal," while the reclusive, obscure author thus established his literary reputation and his place in literary history.