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Madame Bovary (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author)

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Madame Bovary (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author), Gustave/ Davis Flaubert (Author)

Emma Bovary indulges in excessive shopping and romantic affairs to combat the boredom of married life, but subsequent heartbreak and crippling debt lead her to make drastic choices that end in tragedy.

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Madame Bovary (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author)

Gustave Flaubert is arguably one of the greatest novelists of all time. His first novel, "Madame Bovary," was published in 1856 and is considered a literary masterpiece by critics and scholars. His skillful wordsmithing combined with the scandal surrounding the novel [...]

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Madame Bovary (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author), Max Bollinger (Editor)

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 [...]

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Madame Bovary (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author), Gustave/ Marmur Flaubert (Author)

In this iconic French novel of love and betrayal, a small-town doctor's wife pursues both material and physical fulfillment, but never finds it. Includes a new Afterword. Revised reissue.

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Madame Bovary (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author)

Madame Bovary is considered Gustave Flaubert's 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. A 2007 poll of contemporary authors, [...]

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Madame Bovary (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author)

Klappentext. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics..

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Madame Bovary (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author)

Madame Bovary is considered Gustave Flaubert's 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.

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Madame Bovary (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author)

Exquisite, moving, at times ferociously satirical and always psychologically acute, "Madame Bovary" remains one of the greatest, most beguiling novels ever written. This title presents a translation of "Madame Bovary".

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Salammbo (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author)

"Salammb " -- which Gustave Flaubert wrote in 1862 -- is a tale of blood-and-thunder that's nothing like what one would expect from the man who'd just finished "Madame Bovary." It's a tale of war between Rome and Carthage, and in many ways, the novel is an exercise in the [...]

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Over Strand and Field (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author)

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is best known for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857).

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Sentimental Education (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author)

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is best known for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857).

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Dictionary of Automatic Ideas: A New Translation Bringing Flaubert Into the 21st Century (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author), W. Frederick Zimmerman (Editor)

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The Temptation of Saint Anthony (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author)

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a French novelist and short story writer who is counted among the greatest Western writers. Flaubert was considered to be a master of style, obsessively devoted to finding the right word ("le mot juste"), in every piece of literature he [...]

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Madame Bovary (Book)

Gustave Flaubert (Author), Jessica Hische (Illustration)

Emma Bovary indulges in excessive shopping and romantic affairs to combat the boredom of married life, but subsequent heartbreak and crippling debt lead her to make drastic choices that end in tragedy.

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