'She wanted to die, and she wanted to live in Paris.'
This is the story of Emma, trapped in a disappointing marriage with a dull country doctor, she dreams for a life more like the sentimental novels she reads. In an attempt to break from the drab reality of her provincial life in Normandy, Emma takes a lover, and disaster soon follows.
Greedy, delusional and selfish, the character of Emma Bovary scandalised readers from the novel's first publication in 1857, yet her magnetism is undeniable. A landmark work in modern realism, Madame Bovary vibrates with the inner life of a woman hungry for more.
Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.
| ISBN: | 9781784877460 |
| Publication date: | 14th October 2021 |
| Author: | Gustave Flaubert |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Heroines |
| Primary Genre | Classic fiction: general and literary |
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