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Madame Bovary

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Signet Classics 1964, 27th Printing. Mass market Paperback in Good Condition. Translated by Mildred Marmur. The trial of Madame Bovary translated by Evelyn Gendel. Foreword by Mary McCarthy. First published 1857. This worn, used book has a cover that is clean and unmarked with a crease down the front and down spine; wear to cover edges; glued binding is tight and solid. Pages quite clean no markings, toned. The novel's focus is on the life of an ordinary woman, Madame Bovary, wife of a provincial doctor in France mid-19th century. 19th Century French Literature. A story of a beautiful young woman who marries a luckless and loutish country doctor, set in mid-1800s. She attempts to escape her narrow life through a series of passionate affairs. Her recklessness comes back to haunt her and she finds herself in a desperate fight for existence. Flaubert's depiction of adultery and sinfulness caused a national scandal when this book was first published in 1856. He was put on trial for offending public morality. Today it is considered a masterpiece of realist literature. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880). 424 pages. 4.2 x 7 inches. Signet Classics, New York, New York, USA. ISBN10: 0451522400, ISBN13: 9780451522405. Nº de ref. del artículo: 029334

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