Home
Madame Bovary: Introduction by Victor Brombert
Madame Bovary: Introduction by Victor Brombert in Bloomington, MN
Current price: $22.00
Loading Inventory...
Size: OS
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 as compelling.
In
, his story of a shallow, deluded, unfaithful, but consistently compelling woman living in the provinces of nineteenth-century France, Gustave Flaubert invented not only the modern novel but also a modern attitude toward human character and human experience that remains with us to this day.
One of the rare works of art that it would be fair to call perfect,
has had an incalculable influence on the literary culture that followed it. This translation, by Francis Steegmuller, is acknowledged by common consensus as the definitive English rendition of Flaubert’s text.
Madame Bovary
was first published. Today, the heartbreaking story of Emma’s financial ruin remains just as compelling.
In
, his story of a shallow, deluded, unfaithful, but consistently compelling woman living in the provinces of nineteenth-century France, Gustave Flaubert invented not only the modern novel but also a modern attitude toward human character and human experience that remains with us to this day.
One of the rare works of art that it would be fair to call perfect,
has had an incalculable influence on the literary culture that followed it. This translation, by Francis Steegmuller, is acknowledged by common consensus as the definitive English rendition of Flaubert’s text.
Shop Similar Products
