"Madame Bovary: A Tale of Provincial Life, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by Gustave Flaubert, introduces us to Emma Bovary through her husband, Charles, whose ordinary childhood and mother-dominated life foreshadow the complexities of his future marriage. As Charles trudges through everyday life, his fate intertwined with Emma, a woman yearning for romance and luxury beyond the stifling norms of their provincial world, setting the scene for a struggle against societal expectations and a descent into choices with dramatic consequences.
Madame Bovary: A Tale of Provincial Life, Vol. 1 (of 2)
By Gustave Flaubert
In 19th-century France, a tale unfolds of a woman’s desires clashing with the constraints of her reality, promising a collision of dreams and societal expectations.
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About the AuthorGustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection, so the presentation of reality tends to be neutral, emphasizing the values and importance of style as an objective method of presenting reality". He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.
Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection, so the presentation of reality tends to be neutral, emphasizing the values and importance of style as an objective method of presenting reality". He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.
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