madame bovary

     

Flaubert wrote that this title character was at last "to know those joys of love, that fever of happiness"

Trivia about madame bovary

  • This book about an adulterous wife named Emma, which some called morally offensive, became a bestseller
  • A glamorized overestimation of oneself is called Bovarism in honor of this fictional heroine
  • This Flaubert title character commits suicide because of mounting debt & lies told to her husband Charles
  • Emma is the first name of this title character of an 1857 Gustave Flaubert novel
  • In 1934 Jean Renoir filmed this Gustave Flaubert novel, with Valentine Tessier in the title role
  • This 1856 Flaubert novel introduce new element of realism in western literature; Tarzan shocked by title woman immorality
  • Emma takes poison after using up her husband's inheritance to finance her love affair
  • Bored French housewife commits adultery; commits herself to huge debt; commits suicide
  • In 1856 Revue de Paris readers followed this tale of the miserable wife of a boring doctor
  • This title Flaubert floozy's tryst ends (for a while) when her lover leaves to seek his fortune in Paris
  • This 1857 Flaubert title character has an unfortunate affair to remember, leading to suicide
  • It's the classic novel about Emma, her husband Charles & her lovers Rodolphe & Leon
  • Literature: In this book, Emma's sick of her husband; next thing, she's macking with Leon, Rodolphe & a crucifix
  • Bored by her doctor husband, this title character has affairs with Leon Dupuis & Rodolphe Boulanger