num_pages: 112
description: Emma Bovary is the beautiful wife of Charles Bovary and one of the great heroines of literature. Emma attempts to escape her tedious marriage by entering into romantic fantasies, but her longing for a lover has disastrous results. A portrait of French bourgeois life, Madame Bovary is a masterpiece of world literature.
language: English
title: Madame Bovary
titlecomplete: Madame Bovary (Penguin Readers, Level 6)
characters: Emma Bovary, Rodolphe Boulanger, Léon Dupuis, Charles Bovary, Monsieur Homais, Berthe Bovary
genres: Classics, France, Novels, Classic Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, French Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 322013
places: France, Rouen, Tostes, Yonville-l'Abbaye
publisher: Pearson ESL