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Madame Bovary: Classic Collection

95 Ratings

3.5

Series

1 of 1030

Duration
11H 40min
Language
English
Format
Category

Classics

Emma Bovary is a sensuous, sentimental young woman whose romantic ideals make her dissatisfied with her humdrum married life. Attempting to escape into an exciting world of passion and dreams, she drifts into sordid affairs with Rodolphe Boulanger and Léon Dupuis. The first of these lovers, an older man, dominates the affair, while the second, inexperienced and young, is dominated. The eventual collapse of Emma’s romantic dreams is inevitable, and her disillusionment leads ultimately to her doom.

A brilliant psychological portrait, Madame Bovary searingly depicts the human mind in search of transcendence. Acclaimed as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1857, it catapulted Flaubert to the ranks of the world’s greatest novelists and ushered in a new age of realism in literature.

© 2009 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781483089720
© 2012 Interactive Media (Ebook): 9781907832116

Translators: Eleanor Marx-Aveling

Release date

Audiobook: 7 January 2009
Ebook: 11 May 2012

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