Madame Bovary Level 4Life in a Country Town |
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Author:
| Flaubert, Gustave Hopkins, Gerard Manley |
Introduction by:
| Cave, Terence |
As told to:
| Overstall, Mark |
Series title: | Oxford World's Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-283399-0 |
Publication Date: | May 1998 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $8.95 |
Book Description:
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Gustave Flaubert so scandalized readers with the publication of his first novel, Madame Bovary, he was put on trial for offending the public morality. This now-classic novel tells the story of a young country doctor's wife who seeks refuge from the boredom of her existence in love-affairs and romantic yearnings, ultimately finding herself doomed to disillusionment. Establishing the realistic novel in France, Madame Bovary remains a lasting fascination and a landmark in world literature.
Gustave Flaubert so scandalized readers with the publication of his first novel, Madame Bovary, he was put on trial for offending the public morality. This now-classic novel tells the story of a young country doctor's wife who seeks refuge from the boredom of her existence in love-affairs and romantic yearnings, ultimately finding herself doomed to disillusionment. Establishing the realistic novel in France, Madame Bovary remains a lasting fascination and a landmark in world literature.