Madame Bovary Av Gustave Flaubert

<p><b>''She wanted to die, and she wanted to live in Paris.''</b><br><br>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.<br><br>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, <i>Madame Bovary</i> vibrates with the inner life of a woman hungry for more.<br><br><b>Meet ten of literature''s most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.</b></p>