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Madame Bovary (Hardcover)
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Madame Bovary (Hardcover)
Series: Mint Editions
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Loot Price R478
Discovery Miles 4 780
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Total price: R498
Discovery Miles: 4 980
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"Perhaps we identify with Emma because we too feel an emptiness at
the center of things-an emptiness we try to fill with books, with
fantasies, with sex, with things. Her yearning is nothing more or
less than the human condition in the modern world. Her search for
ecstasy is ours."-Erica Jong "Madame Bovaryhas a perfection that
not only stamps it, but that makes it stand almost alone: it holds
itself with such a supreme unapproachable assurance as both excites
and defies judgment."-Henry James When Gustave Flaubert's debut
novel Madame Bovary (1856) was published it had already created a
great storm of both repulsion and profound admiration; it is now
recognized as one of the most important works of literature ever
written. When the story initially appeared in serial form it was
attacked as a work of blatant indecency , and Flaubert was thrust
into immediate celebrity. In the resulting obscenity trial, the
author was acquitted, and by its publication date its existence was
well known in France. Immediately a bestseller, the French public
embraced the book with polarity; many repugnant with its attack on
convention, and many recognizing its great humanity and depth. The
novel begins with the introduction of Charles Bovary, an
unremarkable man who becomes a country doctor in the north of
France. During one of his rounds he falls under the spell of Emma
Rouault, the beautiful daughter of one of his patients. When
Bovary's wife unexpectedly passes away, he marries Emma, whose
expectation of life becomes increasingly unfulfilled. After the
birth of her child, she spins into a series of uncontrollable urges
and bad choices that leads to her tragic downfall. With its unique
shifting of perspectives, deep humanity, and bleak honesty, Madame
Bovary is a classic that must be read. With an eye-catching new
cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of
Madame Bovary is both modern and readable.
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