Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert's revolutionary masterpiece — the novel that scandalized France and changed the course of literary fiction. Trapped in a stifling marriage to a dull, well-meaning country doctor, Emma Bovary longs for the passion and splendor she has only read about in romantic novels. Seeking escape through love affairs, extravagant spending, and fantasies of a grander life, she drifts inexorabl...