"Set amid the stifling atmosphere of nineteenth-century bourgeois France, "Madame Bovary" is at once an unsparing depiction of a woman's gradual corruption and a savagely ironic study of human shallowness and stupidity. Neither Emma, nor her lovers, nor Homais,the "man of science", escapes the author's searing castigation; and it is the book's final profound irony that only Charles, Emma's oxlike, eternally deceived husband, emerges with a measure of human grace thorugh his stubborn and selfless love. With its rare formal perfection, "Madame Bovary" represents, as Frank O'Connor has declared, "possibly the most beautifully written book every composed; undoubtedly the most beautifully written novel... a book that invites superlatives... the most important novel of the century."

Translation by Mildred Marmur.
With a new introduction by Robin Morgan.

Reserved for JennyC1230's INTL VBB.

Reserved for Leahjett, who picked it from the INTL VBB (Most Genres)

Sent today to LeahJett, in New Zealand, who picked it from the INTL VBB.
Enjoy!

I'm so excited to read this one & I think I may use it for an assessment in school because of its Adultery theme. Thanks so much (:

This book was amazing.

I'll write a fuller review in a few days once the novel has settled.