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(0)Gustave Flaubert
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English
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Madame Bovary is the story of a beautiful young woman who marries a luckless and loutish country doctor. She attempts to escape the narrow confines of her life through a series of passionate affairs, hoping to find in other men the romantic ideal she has always dreamed about. Her recklessness comes back to haunt her, however, and the strong-willed and independent Emma finds herself in a desperate fight for existence.
Author
Publisher
International Collectors Library
Pub. Date
[1949]
Language
English
Description
Madame Bovary is the story of a beautiful young woman who marries a luckless and loutish country doctor. She attempts to escape the narrow confines of her life through a series of passionate affairs, hoping to find in other men the romantic ideal she has always dreamed about. Her recklessness comes back to haunt her, however, and the strong-willed and independent Emma finds herself in a desperate fight for existence
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A translation of the nineteenth-century novel about Emma Bovary, the wife of a provincial doctor who seeks to escape her boredom by indulging in romantic fantasies and adulterous affairs.
This classic shares the story of Emma Bovary, the bored wife of a provincial doctor whose desires and illusions are shattered when reality catches up with her.
Offers a new translation of Flaubert's classic tale, in which the title character turns to spending and...
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"Frederic Moreau is a law student returning home to Normandy from Paris when he first notices Mme Arnoux, a slender, dark woman several years older than himself. It is the beginning of an infatuation that will last a lifetime. He befriends her husband, an influential businessman, and their paths cross and re-cross over the years. Through financial upheaval, political turmoil and countless affairs, Mme Arnoux remains the constant, unattainable love...
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Publisher
Signet Classic
Pub. Date
1964-
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
Madame Bovary is the story of a beautiful young woman who marries a luckless and loutish country doctor. She attempts to escape the narrow confines of her life through a series of passionate affairs, hoping to find in other men the romantic ideal she has always dreamed about. Her recklessness comes back to haunt her, however, and the strong-willed and independent Emma finds herself in a desperate fight for existence.
An ordinary woman's unfulfilled...
11) Madame Bovary
Publisher
Alchemy
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Desperate to escape the dullness of provincial life, a young married woman pursues forbidden fantasies through a series of indiscreet seductions and adulterous affairs. Based on the acclaimed novel that transformed the Romantic era.
12) Madame Bovary
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Publisher
MK2 Productions S.A
Pub. Date
2002, c1991
Language
Français
Description
A passionate woman trapped in a loveless marriage indulges herself in a lifestyle of reckless overspending and a series of shocking affairs which threaten to destroy her and everyone around her
MPAA rating: PG-13