An historical novel that interweaves historical and fictional characters. The action takes place immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt against Carthage in the third century BC. This book, which Flaubert researched painstakingly, is largely an exercise in sensuous and violent exoticism. The Carthaginian costumes described therein even left traces on the fashions of the time. Nevertheless, in spite of its classic status in France, it is practically unknown today among English-speakers.Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public...

"Madame Bovary "is arguably one of the most important books ever written. Considered a masterpiece for almost two centuries, it remains today as one of the most celebrated novels around the world. Flaubert tells the story of a woman who finds herself unhappy with her marriage, her life, and her age. For some, this title poses as a feminist manifesto but for others, it is an exaltation of the values of masculinity over women.

Gustave Flaubert was born on December 12, 1821 in Rouen, France. After briefly studying law in Paris, he returned to Rouen, and in 1850 began writing his first published novel, "Madame Bovary." It took him five years to complete and was met with outrage from public prosecutors for obscenity, virtually guaranteeing its success among the reading public.
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Madame Bovary est un roman de Gustave Flaubert paru en 1856 dont le titre original est Madame Bovary: M urs de province. Il s'agit d'une uvre majeure de la litterature francaise et mondiale. Genese du roman Flaubert commence le roman en 1851 et y travaille pendant cinq ans, jusqu'en 1856. A partir d'octobre, le texte est publie dans la Revue de Paris sous la forme de feuilleton jusqu'au 15 decembre suivant. En fevrier 1857, le gerant de la revue, Leon Laurent-Pichat, l'imprimeur et Gustave Flaubert sont juges pour outrage a la morale publique et religieuse et aux bonnes m urs. Defendu par...

Extrait Deux mots Ces pages ecrites sans suite, sans ordre, sans style, devront rester ensevelies dans la poussiere de mon tiroir et si je me hasarde a les montrer a un petit nombre d'amis ce sera une marque de confiance dont je dois avant tout leur expliquer la pensee. Mettre en presence et en contact la saltimbanque laide, meprisee, edentee, battue par son mari, la saltimbanque jolie, couronnee de fleurs, de parfums et d'amour, les reunir sous le meme toit, les faire dechirer par la jalousie jusqu'au denouement qui doit etre bizarre et amer puis ensuite ayant montre toutes ces douleurs...

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Emma Bovary mene une triste existence aupres d'un mari insignifiant, Charles Bovary. Charles est pourtant tres epris de sa femme, mais Emma reve d'une vie mondaine, d'aventure et d'exaltations romanesques comme les princesses des romans a l'eau de rose dans lesquels elle se refugie pour fuir cette vie decevante.
L'ennui la ronge au point de la pousser a l'adultere et elle enchaine les conquetes. Mais l'absurde gout du luxe...

When Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary she imagines she will pass into the life of luxury and passion that she reads about in sentimental novels and women's magazines. But Charles is a dull country doctor, and provincial life is very different from the romantic excitement for which she yearns. In her quest to realize her dreams she takes a lover, and begins a devastating spiral into deceit and despair. Flaubert's novel scandalized its readers when it was first published in 1857, and it remains unsurpassed in its unveiling of character and society. Includes unique illustrations