![]() ![]() Charles consequently decides that his wife needs a change of scenery, and moves from the village of Tostes into a larger, but equally stultifying market town, Yonville (traditionally based on the town of Ry). Charles means well, but is boring and clumsy, and after he and Emma attend a ball given by the Marquis d'Andervilliers, Emma grows disillusioned with married life and becomes dull and listless. ![]() At this point, the novel begins to focus on Emma. Her father gives his consent, and Emma and Charles are married. When Heloise dies, Charles waits a decent interval then begins courting Emma in earnest. Charles is immediately attracted to her, and begins checking on his patient far more often than necessary until Heloise's jealousy puts a stop to the visits. Emma is a beautiful, daintily dressed young woman who has received a "good education" in a convent and who has a latent but powerful yearning for luxury and romance imbibed from the popular novels she has read. (Summary from Wikipedia).One day, Charles visits a local farm to set the owner's broken leg, and meets his client's daughter, Emma Rouault. Flaubert was notoriously perfectionist about his writing and claimed to always be searching for le mot juste (the right word)". Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Published in book form in April 1857, the novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. ![]() Translated by Eleanor Marx Aveling (1855 - 1898) Download cover art Download CD case insert Madame Bovary ![]()
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