Madame Bovary (New York Public Library Collector's Editions)

Type

Book

Authors

Gustave Flaubert

ISBN 10

0385487193

ISBN 13

9780385487191

Tags

Classics, Psychological, Literary

Abstract

Emma Bovary is the original desperate housewife. Beautiful but bored, she is married to the provincial doctor Charles Bovary yet harbors dreams of an elegant and passionate life. Escaping into sentimental novels, she finds her fantasies dashed by the tedium of her days. Motherhood proves to be a burden; religion is only a brief distraction. In an effort to make her life everything she believes it should be, she spends lavishly on clothes and on her home and embarks on two disappointing affairs. Soon heartbroken and crippled by debts, Emma takes drastic action with tragic consequences for her husband and daughter.--Publisher.

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gustave Flaubert; Lydia Davis
ISBN: 9780670022076 0670022071 0385487193 9780385487191 0553213415 9780553213416
OCLC Number: 1236225417
Description: xxxi, 342 p. ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Gustave Flaubert ; translated with an introduction and notes by Lydia Davis.

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