Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment and the consequences are devastating. Flaubert's erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of Emma Bovary caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857. It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: 'Madame Bovary, c'est moi'.
Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist known for his meticulous attention to detail and precise prose style. He is best known for his novel "Madame Bovary," which is considered a masterpiece of realist fiction. Flaubert's work often focused on the flaws and limitations of human nature, and he is credited with helping to popularize the realist movement in literature. His dedication to craft and pursuit of perfection in his writing has had a lasting impact on the development of the modern novel.
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