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Publi en 1857 par Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary est un roman raliste qui dpeint la vie et les dsillusions de la jeune Emma Bovary. pouse de Charles Bovary, mdecin de campagne simple et dvou, Emma rve dune vie passionne et raffine, bien loin de son existence monotone. Ses lectures romantiques la nourrissent daspirations idalistes et la poussent rechercher des amours et des plaisirs interdits, esprant ainsi chapper la banalit de son quotidien. Elle...

In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.

Desperate to escape the dullness of provincial life, a young married woman pursues forbidden fantasies through a series of indiscreet seductions and adulterous affairs. Based on the acclaimed novel that transformed the Romantic era.

"From the Pulitzer finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases her extraordinary gifts of language and imagination"-- Provided by publisher.

"A provocative collection of 23 pieces showcases the writings of the Nobel Prize-winning author as he examines the work of some of the world's greatest writers, including Daniel Defoe, Samuel Beckett, Irene Nemirovsky and Goethe." -- (Source of summary not specified)