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Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880

Madame Bovary / Gustave Flaubert ; translated by Christopher Moncrieff. - Richmond : Alma Classics, 2013. - 288 pages ; 20 cm

Translated from the French.

Brought up on a Normandy farm, convent-educated and an avid reader of sentimental novels, Emma Bovary longs for a life of luxury and high romance. She is married to a well-meaning but mediocre country doctor, but she is far from fulfilled. She seeks to escape her boredom through extravagant spending sprees and, eventually, adultery.

ISBN: 9781847493224 (pbk.) : �4.99

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bovary, Emma (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Married women--France--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Classics.
Fiction in Translation.

LC Class. No.: PQ2246 / E5 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 843.8