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Madame bovary

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Emma Bovary is an avid reader of sentimental novels; brought up on a Normandy farm and convent-educated, she longs for the passion of romance. At first, Emma pins her hopes on marriage, but life with her well-meaning husband in the provinces leaves her bored and dissatisfied. She seeks escape through extravagant spending sprees and, eventually, adultery. As Emma pursues her impossible reverie she seals her own ruin and despair

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Series Title

Vintage classics

Call Number

SS F FLA m

Publisher

London : Vintage Book., 2011

Collation

xxii, 347 p. ; 20 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780099573074

Classification

F

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Manners and customs
French fiction
Bovary, Emma (Fictitious character)

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Statement of Responsibility

Gustave Flaubert, introduction & translated by Adam Thorp.

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