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Synopsis
This exquisite novel tells the story of one of the most compelling heroines in modern literature--Emma Bovary. A bored provincial housewife, abandons her husband to pursue the libertine Rodolphe in a desperate love affair. A succès de scandale in its day, Madame Bovary remains a powerful and scintillating novel. A brilliant psychological portrait, Madame Bovary searingly depicts the human mind in search of transcendence. The novel is considered Flaubert's masterpiece, as well as a seminal work of realism and one of the most influential novels ever written.
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From the Back Cover
The year 1857 propelled Flaubert into the law courts and into celebrity. It was not exactly the kind of celebrity he had wished for. 'Madame Bovary' had appeared serially in 'La Revue de Paris'. Now the imperial prosecutor was attacking the work for being offensive to religion and morality. Not only the seduction scenes, but the episodes dealing with religion and the description of Emma's death, came under direct censure. More than the subject, the general tone of the novel was denounced as immoral: the pervasive eroticism, the poetry of adultery, the so-called 'realism' of the style. Flaubert, excellently defended by his lawyer, was acquitted. The book was published soon after, benefiting from the advance courtroom publicity.
About the Author
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) is recognized as one of the most important authors of 19th-century literature. When Madame Bovary was published in 1857, France was scandalized by the passionate love story and Flaubert was put on trial for offending public morality. Flaubert was the much-admired friend and influential mentor of such writers as Turgenev and the young Guy de Maupassant.
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