Once considered scandalizingly immoral, Flaubert s exquisite debut novel unsparingly depicts a woman s gradual corruption and the human mind in search of transcendence. Unhappily married to a devoted, clumsy local doctor, Emma fulfils her epicurean dreams of ecstasy and love by indulging in a passionate affair with Rodolphe. Apprehending the dire consequences, she takes the firm and final move which none could have ever dreamt of.
The realistic style and rich descriptions the soft-focused imaginings, a suggestive smile or phrase, the desire and search for seclusion, the breathless rush to the lover s arms and the sensuous embrace, the fear of exposure, the financial outlay, the ever-growing disinterest and recklessness, the frequent violent arguments and impossible demands, the violation of promises, mutual recrimination and the tearful break-up make this brilliant psychological portrait, Madame Bovary, a masterpiece, as Frank O Connor has remarked, possibly the most beautifully written book ever composed; a book that invites superlatives the most important novel of the century.
About the Author
Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) was one of the masters of nineteenth century fiction in France. He was born in Rouen, and was the second son to a family of doctors. While his father was a chief surgeon at the local hospital of Rouen, his mother was the daughter of a physician. Flaubert himself, however, studied law at Paris in the 1840s, a course that was terminated by his nerve disease, and the consequent failure at the law exams, which led him to devote himself fully to literature.
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