Madame Bovary

She wanted more than life could give—until it cost her everything. In Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert delivers a scathing yet empathetic portrait of Emma Bovary, a woman torn between romantic fantasy and the harsh reality of provincial life. Trapped in a stifling marriage, Emma seeks escape through passionate affairs and reckless spending—only to spiral into a tragedy that shocked 19th-century ...