num_pages: 3
description: Bored and unhappy in a lifeless marriage, Emma Bovary yearns to escape from the dull circumstances of provincial life. Flaubert's powerful, deeply moving examination of the moral degeneration of a middle-class Frenchwoman is universally regarded as one of the landmarks of 19th-century fiction.Running time: 2hrs, 25 mins (2 sound cassettes).
language: English
title: Madame Bovary
titlecomplete: Madame Bovary
characters: Charles Bovary, Berthe Bovary, Rodolphe Boulanger, Léon Dupuis, Emma Bovary, Monsieur Homais
genres: Fiction, France, French Literature, Classic Literature, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 322175
places: Yonville-l'Abbaye, France, Tostes, Rouen
publisher: Csa Telltapes Ltd