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Emma Bovary is an avid reader of sentimental novels; brought up on a Normandy farm and convent-educated, she longs for the passion of romance. At first, Emma pins her hopes on marriage, but life with her well-meaning husband in the provinces leaves her bored and dissatisfied. She seeks escape through extravagant spending sprees and, eventually, ...
This exquisite novel tells the story of one of the most compelling heroines in modern literature--Emma Bovary. Unhappily married to a devoted, clumsy provincial doctor, Emma revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing voluptuous dreams of ecstasy and love.
Gustave Flaubert, n Rouen le 12 dcembre 1821 et mort Canteleu, au hameau de Croisset, le 8 mai 1880, est un crivain franais. Prosateur de premier plan de la deuxime moiti du XIXe sicle, Gustave Flaubert a marqu la littrature franaise par la profondeur de ses analyses psychologiques, son souci de ralisme, son regard lucide sur les comportements des ...
Frederic Moreau, a young man in search of excitement, falls in love with Mme Arnoux, a beautiful, dark haired older woman. His fascination will last a lifetime, as he works to become first an acquaintance of her husband, then a firm family friend. But Frederic's hard-won closeness to Mme Arnoux will not bring satisfaction; only his own ultimate ...
This trio of short stories by the author of "Madame Bovary" consists of "A Simple Heart," "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller," and "Herodias." Translated by Arthur McDowall.
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French novelist and short story writer, was considered to be a master of style, obsessively devoted to finding the right word ("le mot juste"), in every piece of literature he produced. As a child he expressed great imagination and took in all the stories he could from his nurse and neighbors, and in doing so, he ...
Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment and the ...
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a French novelist and short story writer who is counted among the greatest Western writers. Flaubert was considered to be a master of style, obsessively devoted to finding the right word ("le mot juste"), in every piece of literature he produced. Solitary by nature and not of a happy temperament, Flaubert became ...
Beyond the gardens of Hamilcar's palace, beyond the walls of Carthage stood the Roman hordes, waiting to annihilate the noblest city of ancient Africa. Within the city all was madness -- the houses were filled with the screams of women and the streets teemed with terrified men. The veil of the goddess Tanit, sacred, to Carthage, had fallen to ...
Set amid the revolution of 1848, Flaubert's masterpiece combines political and social upheaval with scrutiny of individual motives in a compelling blend of romance, history, and satire.
Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist born in 1821. He played a major role in the "realist school" in French literature. His best-known work was Madame Bovary which led to a trial on the novel's alleged immorality. The Temptation of St. Antony (1874) is based on the story of the third-century saint who lived on an isolated mountaintop in the ...
One of the acknowledged masterpieces of 19th century realism, Madame Bovary is revered by writers and readers around the world, a mandatory stop on any pilgrimage through modern literature. Flaubert's legendary style, his intense care over the selection of words and the shaping of sentences, his unmatched ability to convey a mental world through ...
Gustave Flaubert, n Rouen le 12 dcembre 1821 et mort Canteleu, au hameau de Croisset, le 8 mai 1880, est un crivain franais. Prosateur de premier plan de la deuxime moiti du XIXe sicle, Gustave Flaubert a marqu la littrature franaise par la profondeur de ses analyses psychologiques, son souci de ralisme, son regard lucide sur les comportements des ...
The Shelf2Life Drama Collection is an engaging set of original pre-1923 one-act and full-length plays. From stories of endearing protagonists aching for love in the American heartland to vindictive antagonists stirring up trouble with relatives, these plays offer compelling dialog and amusing twists. The characters, costumes, dialects and set ...
Gustave Flaubert, n Rouen le 12 dcembre 1821 et mort Canteleu, au hameau de Croisset, le 8 mai 1880, est un crivain franais. Prosateur de premier plan de la deuxime moiti du XIXe sicle, Gustave Flaubert a marqu la littrature franaise par la profondeur de ses analyses psychologiques, son souci de ralisme, son regard lucide sur les comportements des ...
Gustave Flaubert, n Rouen le 12 dcembre 1821 et mort Canteleu, au hameau de Croisset, le 8 mai 1880, est un crivain franais. Prosateur de premier plan de la deuxime moiti du XIXe sicle, Gustave Flaubert a marqu la littrature franaise par la profondeur de ses analyses psychologiques, son souci de ralisme, son regard lucide sur les comportements des ...
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857), and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style, best exemplified by his endless search for le mot juste (the precise word). In September 1849, he completed the first ...
The classic works of literature contained in each of these volumes represent each author's best and most famous writings. A wonderful introduction to world literature, this finely crafted and affordable series offers the works of these world-renowned authors to a wider audience. Includes "Madame Bovary" and "The Temptation of Saint Anthony,"
