'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.
