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"A faithful and painstaking interpretation of the life of a woman and the slow but inevitable moral degeneration of her unhappy marriage to a good-hearted but stupid village doctor."@en
"The story of a beautiful young woman married to a boorish country doctor. Disillusioned by the lack of romance in her marriage, Emma throws herself whole-hearted into passionate affairs, only to self-destruct in the end."@en
"A 19th century French married woman who is not satisfied with the limited life she leads rebels against conventional society only to find tragedy."@en
"[This novel] is the story of a beautiful young woman who marries a luckless and loutish country doctor. She attempts to escape the narrow confines of her life through a series of passionate affairs, hoping to find in other men the romantic ideal she has always dreamed about. Her recklessness comes back to haunt her, however, and the strong-willed and independent Emma finds herself in a desperate fight for existence."
"A bored and unhappy middle-class wife, Emma is married to a clumsy country doctor. She revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous desires, multiple affairs, and self-delusions lead to suffering, corruption, and downfall."@en
"One of the acknowledged masterpieces of nineteenth-century realism, Madame Bovary is revered by writers and readers around the world, a mandatory stop on any pilgrimage through modern literature. Gustave Flaubert's legendary style, his intense care over the selection of words and the shaping of sentences, and his unmatched ability to convey a mental world through the careful selection of telling details shine throughout this marvelous work.Madame Bovary scandalized audiences when it was first published in 1857. And the story itself remains as fresh today as when it was first written, a work that remains unsurpassed in its unveiling of character and society. It tells the tragic story of the romantic but empty-headed Emma Rouault. When Emma marries Charles Bovary, she imagines she will pass into the life of luxury and passion that she reads about in sentimental novels and women's magazines. But Charles is an ordinary country doctor, and provincial life is very different from the romantic excitement for which she yearns. In her quest to realize her dreams she takes a lover, Rodolphe, and begins a devastating spiral into deceit and despair. And Flaubert captures every step of this catastrophe with sharp-eyed detail and a wonderfully subtle understanding of human emotions."@en
"Classic French novel concerning " ... the plain history of the slow but inevitable moral degeneration of a weak woman ... the patient rendering of the squalor and narrowness of provincial life and of its effect on the woman's mind ...""@en
"Emma Bovary, the bored wife of a French provincial doctor, scans her solitude with desperate eyes, like a shipwrecked sailor searching for a white sail on the distant horizon. And when Emma's ship finally comes in, it carries with it vast and tragic consequences upon which her own life and the lives of those around her are wrecked."@en
"Emma Bovary, married to a dull young doctor, seeks the excitement and happiness she expected from life by taking lovers and spending money extravagantly. But she finds herself disappointed by her lovers and deeply involved in debt."
"Emma Bovary, married to a dull young doctor, seeks the excitement and happiness she expected from life by taking lovers and spending money extravagantly. But she finds herself disappointed by her lovers and deeply involved in debt."@en
"Sketches Flaubert's fictional character, Emma Bovary, through the story of her rebellion against French provincial life in the nineteenth century."@en
"Emma Bovary is a difficult character: self-centered, histrionic, impulsive and ambitious, she both entices and repels the reader."
"The tale of a provincial woman who cannot bear the discrepancy between her romantic dreams and the dull routine of her daily life. She seeks adventure and finds only tragedy."
"In Madame Bovary, one of the great novels of nineteenth-century France, Flaubert draws a deeply felt and sympathetic portrait of a woman who, having married a country doctor and found herself unhappy with a rural, genteel existence, longs for love and excitement. However, her aspirations and her desires to escape only bring her further disappointment and eventually lead to unexpected, painful consequences. Flaubert's critical portrait of bourgeois provincial life remains as powerful as ever."@en
"La protagonista del romanzo, Emma Bovary, è una antieroina: moglie di un mediocre medico di provincia, rifiuta la propria realtà borghese e tenta di vivere l'esistenza descritta nelle sue letture giovanili, gettandosi così in amori adulteri, contraendo debiti e giungendo infine a causare la propria rovina e quella del marito."@it
"Within a framework of formal perfection, Gustave Flaubert depicts the oppressive atmosphere of bourgeois life in nineteenth-century France. As it traces the progressive corruption of a woman remarkable primarily for her increasingly reckless pursuit of ignoble romantic dreams, the story reveals a fierce, satiric vision of middle-class shallowness. All the major characters: Emma, her lovers, the "man of science", Homais--suffer the indictment of Flaubert. Only Emma's husbands, who is doggedly faithful and seemingly oblivious to his wife's foolishness and infidelity, survives this saga of betrayal with a humble dignity. An acknowledged masterpiece, Madame Bovary has been called the most important novel of its century."
"Emma Bovary is a woman possessed by a burning hunger for life and love-- a passion that can never be fulfilled. Feeling trapped in a loveless marriage, Emma indulges herself in a lifestyle of reckless overspending and a series of affairs which threaten to destroy her and everyone around her."@en
"Emma Bovary who, starved for love and affection, is bored with her life and marriage with Dr. Charles Bovary. Despite the friendship of townspeople, Emma cannot find contentment and seeks passion and happiness in material wealth and marital infidelities."@en
"Emma Bovary is a sensuous, sentimental young woman whose romantic ideals make her dissatisfied with her humdrum married life. Attempting to escape into an exciting world of passion and dreams, she drifts into sordid affairs with Rodolphe Boulanger and Léon Dupuis. The first of these lovers, an older man, dominates the affair, while the second, inexperienced and young, is dominated. The eventual collapse of Emma's romantic dreams is inevitable, and her disillusionment leads ultimately to her doom. A brilliant psychological portrait, Madame Bovary searingly depicts the human mind in search of transcendence. Acclaimed as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1857, it catapulted Flaubert to the ranks of the world's greatest novelists and ushered in a new age of realism in literature."
"Brought up on a Normandy farm, convent-educated and an avid reader of sentimental novels, Emma Bovary longs for a life of luxury and high romance. She is married to a well-meaning but mediocre country doctor, but she is far from fulfilled. She seeks to escape her boredom through extravagant spending sprees and, eventually, adultery."
"Unhappily married to a devoted, clumsy, provincial doctor, Emma revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous and sentimental desires lead her only to suffering, corruption, and downfall. A brilliant psychological portrait, Madame Bovary searingly depicts the human mind in search of transcendence. Acclaimed as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1857, this classic is still revered today as one of the finest novels of English literature."@en
"(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) In Madame Bovary, his story of a shallow, deluded, unfaithful, but consistently compelling woman living in the provinces of nineteenth-century France, Gustave Flaubert invented not only the modern novel but also a modern attitude toward human character and human experience that remains with us to this day ..."@en
"Considéré à sa parution comme une atteinte à la morale publique et religieuse, ce roman apporte un témoignage sur la condition de la femme, la société bourgeoise et la vie en province au XIXe siècle au travers du romantisme stéréotypé d'Emma Bovary."
"Weaned on sentimental novels, Emma Bovary longs for a life of luxury and high romance. She is married to a kind but mediocre country doctor and is plagued by expectations of something more, some more intense experience, some wider horizon if she could only find it. She seeks to escape from boredom in extravagant shopping sprees and eventually, adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment and so begins her descent into ruin and despair."
"Bored with her passionless husband and her humbled life, young Emma Bovary partakes in a series of lusty affairs. However, her careless flings and extravagant spending sprees threaten to destroy her health and reputation."@en
"Bored with her passionless husband and her humbled life, young Emma Bovary partakes in a series of lusty affairs. However, her careless flings and extravagant spending sprees threaten to destroy her health and reputation."
"Emma Bovary, the beautiful young wife of a French country doctor, yearns for romance with such fervor that she is willing to risk anything for its magic."
"Finding herself stifled by marriage, Emma Bovary throws herself into a desperate love affair and by doing so, sows the seeds of her own downfall."
""Texte enregistré. Ce roman n'est pas seulement un drame, c'est aussi un virulent réquisitoire contre la société bourgeoise, contre la médiocrité, contre les conventions, les formules toutes faites et les pensées sur mesure."
"Emma Bovary, bored by her provincial life, is drawn to a more sophisticated world that will demand a terrible price."@en
"Within a framework of formal perfection, Gustave Flaubert depicts the oppressive atmosphere of bourgeois life in nineteenth-century France. As it traces the progressive corruption of a woman remarkable primarily for her increasingly reckless pursuit of ignoble romantic dreams, the story reveals a fierce, satiric vision of middle-class shallowness. All the major characters Emma, her lovers, the "man of science", Homais--suffer the indictment of Flaubert. Only Emma's husbands, who is doggedly faithful and seemingly oblivious to his wife's foolishness and infidelity, survives this saga of betrayal with a humble dignity. An acknowledged masterpiece, Madame Bovary has been called the most important novel of its century."
"Within a framework of formal perfection, Gustave Flaubert depicts the oppressive atmosphere of bourgeois life in nineteenth-century France. As it traces the progressive corruption of a woman remarkable primarily for her increasingly reckless pursuit of ignoble romantic dreams, the story reveals a fierce, satiric vision of middle-class shallowness. All the major characters Emma, her lovers, the "man of science", Homais--suffer the indictment of Flaubert. Only Emma's husbands, who is doggedly faithful and seemingly oblivious to his wife's foolishness and infidelity, survives this saga of betrayal with a humble dignity. An acknowledged masterpiece, Madame Bovary has been called the most important novel of its century."@en
"Aged and unhappy middle-class wife, Emma is married to a clumsy country doctor. She revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous desires, multiple affairs, and self-delusions lead to suffering, corruption, and downfall."
"Aged and unhappy middle-class wife, Emma is married to a clumsy country doctor. She revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous desires, multiple affairs, and self-delusions lead to suffering, corruption, and downfall."@en
"Klassieke roman over een naar ongrijpbaar geluk hunkerende vrouw, die zich teleurgesteld door de nuchterheid en middelmatigheid van haar man, een dorpsdokter, in roekeloze liefdesverhoudingen stort, hetgeen tot haar ondergang leidt."
"Emma Bovary, a doctor's wife, seeks to escape her dull life through having extra-marital affairs. Little does she know that her search for the glamour and romance which her provincial life cannot afford will ultimately lead to her personal corruption and downfall."
"The slow but inevitable moral degeneration of a weak woman. Describes the patient rendering of the squalor and narrowness of provincial life and of its effect on the woman's mind."@en
"Depicts the moral degeneration of a weak-willed woman in nineteenth-century France."@en
"The classic tale of a woman who craves passion and intimacy, but finds only greed, betrayal, and heartbreak, as she stumbles towards suicide."
"The classic tale of a woman who craves passion and intimacy, but finds only greed, betrayal, and heartbreak, as she stumbles towards suicide."@en
"(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) In Madame Bovary, his story of a shallow, deluded, unfaithful, but consistently compelling woman living in the provinces of nineteenth-century France, Gustave Flaubert invented not only the modern novel but also a modern attitude toward human character and human experience that remains with us to this day..."
"Emma Bovary is a sensuous, sentimental young woman whose romantic ideals make her dissatisfied with her humdrum married life. Attempting to escape into an exciting world of passion and dreams, she drifts into sordid affairs with Rodolphe Boulanger and Lǒn Dupuis. The first of these lovers, an older man, dominates the affair, while the second, inexperienced and young, is dominated."@en
"Emma Bovary es una hermosa y ambicionada mujer, quién esta aburrida de su matrimonio con un medico, quien no le llena sus fantasías, ni aspiraciones sociales. En ese tiempo Emma conoce a Rodolfo Boulanger, un rico hacendado, quién se convierte en su amante. Emma propone a Rodolfo huir a París, pero él no acepta y la abandona. Posteriormente tiene un romance con un asistente legal; Todo esto la lleva a generar unos gastos que no puede soportar. Su esposo no sabe nada de sus aventuras amorosas, ni del derroche y caprichos de Emma que le han llevado a la bancarrota. Descubra en este audiolibro el desenlace inesperado de una de las más famosas novelas de la literatura universal."@es
"A brilliant psychological portrait, Madame Bovary searingly depicts the human mind in search of transcendence. Who is Madame Bovary? Flaubert's answer to this question was superb: "Madame Bovary, c'est moi." Acclaimed as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1857, the work catapulted Flaubert to the ranks of the world's greatest novelists. This volume, with its fine translation by Lowell Bair, a perceptive introduction by Leo Bersani, and a complete supplement of essays and critical comments, is the indispensable Madame Bovary."@en
"Flaubert's novel scandalized its readers when it was first published in 1857, and it remains unsurpassed in its unveiling of character and society."
"Set in the depths of rural France, Madame Bovary is the story of a woman destroyed by love who embarks on a series of doomed love affairs."
"The story of Emma Bovary, the bored wife of a provincial doctor, whose desires and illusions are shattered when reality catches up with her."@en
"One of the great novels of 19th century France, Flaubert draws a deeply-felt but sympathetic portrait of a woman who, having warned a country doctor and found herself unhappy with a rural, genteel existence, longs for love and excitement. Her aspirations and her desires lead her into a tragic spiral downwards."
"One of the great novels of 19th century France, Flaubert draws a deeply-felt but sympathetic portrait of a woman who, having warned a country doctor and found herself unhappy with a rural, genteel existence, longs for love and excitement. Her aspirations and her desires lead her into a tragic spiral downwards."@en