description: Described by Henry James as 'one of the first of the classics' and so regarded ever since, Madame Bovary has touched generations of readers and moulded generations of writers. The story of a little woman in a provincial town who dreams of happiness and then perishes by her own hand is worked up by Flaubant into a profound and heart rending study of human bondage.
language: English
title: Madame Bovary
titlecomplete: Madame Bovary
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: 322058
places: France, Rouen, Tostes, Yonville-l'Abbaye
publisher: Everyman