num_pages: 424
description: Translated by Lowell Bair; edited and with an introduction by Leo Bersani.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.
language: English
title: Madame Bovary
titlecomplete: Madame Bovary
characters: Charles Bovary, Berthe Bovary, Léon Dupuis, Monsieur Homais, Emma Bovary, Rodolphe Boulanger
genres: Literature, Classics, Novels, Classic Literature, 19th Century, France, Historical Fiction, French Literature, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 322009
places: Yonville-l'Abbaye, France, Rouen, Tostes
publisher: Bantam Books