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MADAME BOVARY - GUSTAVE FLAUBERT TASCHENBUCH

Madame Bovary is one of the greatest  most beguiling novels ever written.   Emma Bovary is an
avid reader of sentimental novels  brought up on a Normandy farm and convent-educated  she
longs for 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.  'A great novel that is also an inexhaustible pleasure to read'
Guardian   A NEW TRANSLATION BY ADAM THORPE   VINTAGE FRENCH CLASSICS - six masterpieces of
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