Cover of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Audiobook Madame Bovary
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Madame Bovary

Author
Gustave Flaubert
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
11 hours 18 minutes
ISBN
9781802560978
Published
14 October 2024
Imprint
Egoist Press
  • Desire
  • disillusionment
  • passion
  • luxury
  • provincial life
  • romantic liaisons
  • debt
  • society constraints
  • unfulfilled dreams
  • tragedy

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Step into the intricately woven world of "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert, a poignant exploration of desire and disillusionment. Emma Bovary, yearning for a life of passion and luxury beyond her provincial existence, becomes ensnared in a web of debt and romantic liaisons. Her pursuit of an idealized life leads to inevitable heartbreak and tragedy. Flaubert's masterpiece unflinchingly examines the constraints of society and the personal cost of unfulfilled dreams, resonating with timeless relevance.

Author

Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.

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