Madame Bovary: Life in a Country Town - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0192100254 ISBN 13 : 9780192100252

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Book by Flaubert Gustave

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for the masterpiece MADAME BOVARY, and for his scrupulous devotion to his art.

The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Flaubert was notoriously a perfectionist about his writing and claimed always to be searching for le mot juste ("the right word").

The novel was attacked for obscenity by public prosecutors when it was first serialized, resulting in a trial that made the story notorious. After the acquittal, it became a bestseller when it was published as a book, and now stands virtually unchallenged not only as a seminal work of Realism, but as one of the most influential novels of all time.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"Madame Bovary is Gustave Flaubert's first published novel and is considered by many critics to be a masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Flaubert was a notorious perfectionist and claimed always to be searching for le mot juste ('the precise word')."

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0192100254
• ISBN 13: 9780192100252
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400