Madame Bovary (Oneworld Classics)
By Gustave Flaubert.
Description
It has a perfection that not only stamps it, but that makes it stand almost alone. Henry James Beautiful Emma Rouault yearns for the life of wealth, passion, and romance she has encountered in popular sentimental fiction, and when her doctor, the well-meaning but awkward and unremarkable Charles Bovary, begins to pay her attention, she imagines that she may be granted her wish. However, after their marriage, Emma soon becomes frustrated with the boredom of provincial life and finds herself seeking escape and contemplating adultery. As Emmas efforts to make a reality of her ...
ISBN(s)
184749143X, 9781847491435
