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'She wanted to die, and she wanted to live in Paris.'

This is the story of Emma, trapped in a disappointing marriage with a dull country doctor, she dreams for a life more like the sentimental novels she reads. In an attempt to break from the drab reality of her provincial life in Normandy, Emma takes a lover, and disaster soon follows.

Greedy, delusional and selfish, the character of Emma Bovary scandalised readers from the novel's first publication in 1857, yet her magnetism is undeniable. A landmark work in modern realism, Madame Bovary vibrates with the inner life of a woman hungry for more.

Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.



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Madame Bovary

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    A Paperback / softback by Gustave Flaubert, Adam Thorpe, Adam Thorpe

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: 14/10/2021
      ISBN13: 9781784877460, 978-1784877460
      ISBN10: 1784877468
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'She wanted to die, and she wanted to live in Paris.'

      This is the story of Emma, trapped in a disappointing marriage with a dull country doctor, she dreams for a life more like the sentimental novels she reads. In an attempt to break from the drab reality of her provincial life in Normandy, Emma takes a lover, and disaster soon follows.

      Greedy, delusional and selfish, the character of Emma Bovary scandalised readers from the novel's first publication in 1857, yet her magnetism is undeniable. A landmark work in modern realism, Madame Bovary vibrates with the inner life of a woman hungry for more.

      Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.



      Trade Review
      A work of brilliance * Daily Mail *

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