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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (1857)
Emma Bovary, a doctor's wife in provincial Normandy, seeks escape from her dull marriage through passionate love affairs and reckless spending — with devastating consequences. The novel that invented literary realism.
Historical Significance:
Flaubert was prosecuted for obscenity after Madame Bovary was serialized in 1856 — the trial made it a sensation. Acquitted, Flaubert became the most influential French novelist of his century. His obsession wit...
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Emma Bovary, a doctor's wife in provincial Normandy, seeks escape from her dull marriage through passionate love affairs and reckless spending — with devastating consequences. The novel that invented literary realism.
Historical Significance:
Flaubert was prosecuted for obscenity after Madame Bovary was serialized in 1856 — the trial made it a sensation. Acquitted, Flaubert became the most influential French novelist of his century. His obsession wit...
Read free on BoingyBooks: https://boingybooks.com/marketplace/product.php?id=228
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