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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
Emma, a passionate dreamer raised in the French countryside, is ready for her life to take off when she marries the decent, dull Dr. Charles Bovary. Marriage, however, fails to live up to her expectations, which are fueled by sentimental novels, and she turns disastrously to love affairs. The story of Emma’s adultery scandalized France when Madame Bovary was first published. Today, the heartbreaking story of Emma’s financial ruin remains just...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Formats
Description
Offers a new translation of Flaubert's classic tale, in which the title character turns to spending and a series of affairs to combat the boredom of married life and, heartbroken and crippled by debts, takes drastic action that results in tragedy.
Author
Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert's dramatic novel about the loves and liaisons of a country doctor's wife, caused a sensation when it was first published in 1857. Although prosecuted by French censors, the novel is recognized today as a groundbreaking work of literary realism. It has become on of the most popular novels of all time, and its heroine, Emma Bovary, one of the best known in all literature. In addition to Madame Bovary, this volume collects...
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Flaubert's classic tale, in which the title character turns to spending and a series of affairs to combat the boredom of married life and, heartbroken and crippled by debts, takes drastic action that results in tragedy.
"Emma Bovary is the original desperate housewife. Beautiful but bored, she is married to the provincial doctor Charles Bovary yet harbors dreams of an elegant and passionate life. Escaping into sentimental novels, she finds her fantasies...