Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert (author), Adam Thorpe (translator), Adam Thorpe (author of introduction), Adam Thorpe (author of notes)
Paperback Published on: 14/10/2021; Language: English, French (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £9.99
Synopsis
'She wanted to die, and she wanted to live in Paris.'
This is the story of Emma, trapped in a disappointing marriage with a dull country doctor, she dreams for a life more like the sentimental novels she reads. In an attempt to break from the drab reality of her provincial life in Normandy, Emma takes a lover, and disaster soon follows.
Greedy, delusional and selfish, the character of Emma Bovary scandalised readers from the novel's first publication in 1857, yet her magnetism is undeniable. A landmark work in modern realism, Madame Bovary vibrates with the inner life of a woman hungry for more.
Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9781784877460
- Number of pages: 384
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mm
- Weight: 266g
- Languages: English, French (Original language of a translated text)