Gustave Flaubert · 1857 · Literary fiction
Emma Bovary has read too many romantic novels. Married to a provincial doctor in Normandy, she embarks on increasingly desperate attempts to live the life she believes she deserves. Flaubert's first published novel established the template for literary realism; the obscenity charges brought against it on publication gave it a notoriety it has never fully shed.
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