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"Madame Bovary" is an 1857 novel by Gustave Flaubert about a woman whose romantic fantasies clash with the disappointments of her ordinary life. The book is considered a landmark of modern fiction for its detailed psychological portrayal of its main character and its influence on the development of the novel as a literary form.
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- Author
- Gustave Flaubert
- First published
- 1856
- Editions
- 1,557
- Subjects
- literary fiction, French literature, Fiction, Manners and customs, fiction, Adultery, Middle class, Physicians' spouses, Suicide victims
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- Madame Bovary 1857 (hi-res).jpg
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- title
- Madame Bovary
- inception
- 1856-00-00
- publication date
- 1857-00-00
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