Madame Bovary

First published in 1856, “Madame Bovary” is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert. Originally serialised the “Revue de Paris” in 1856, the plot revolves around the titular Emma Bovary, an attractive farm girl raised in a convent who marries a virtuous but unexciting doctor. When married life turns out to be less of an adventure than she had hoped, Emma turns to sentimental romantic novels for ...