Madame Bovary: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Madame Bovary: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Madame Bovary is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Flaubert, Gustave (1821–1880). The listed translation credits are Aveling, Eleanor Marx (1855–1898).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert is a novel published in 1857. Emma Bovary, a beautiful young woman raised on romantic novels, marries a country doctor but finds provincial life suffocating. Craving luxury, passion, and high society, she seeks escape through increasingly reckless means. This groundbreaking work of literary realism caused scandal upon publication, with prosecutors attacking it as obscene. The resulting trial made it notorious before it became a bestseller and one of literature's most influential works.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Madame Bovary
- Author credits: Flaubert, Gustave (1821–1880)
- Catalogue language: English
- Translator credits: Aveling, Eleanor Marx (1855–1898)
Catalogue subjects
- Adultery -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- France -- Fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- Middle class -- Fiction
- Physicians' spouses -- Fiction
- Suicide victims -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Banned Books from Anne Haight's list
- Best Books Ever Listings
- Category: French Literature
- Category: Novels
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