Madame Bovary
Flaubert, Gustave / Bollinger, Max
Emma Bovary, a doctor's wife, has a highly romanticized view of the world and craves beauty, wealth, passion, and high society. The disparity between these romantic ideals and the realities of her country life lead her into extramarital love affairs as well as causing her to accrue an insurmountable amount of debt.The book, loosely based on the life story of a school friend who had become a doctor, was written at the urging of friends, who wer...