Madame Bovary
First published AD 1857, written in French
Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners, commonly known as simply Madame Bovary, is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, originally published in 1856 and 1857. The eponymous character, Emma Bovary, lives beyond her means in order to escape the ennui of provincial life.
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Which translation to read
Lydia Davis2010Our pick
Exact and clean, true to Flaubert's search for the right word.
Geoffrey Wall1992
Fluent and precise, in the Penguin Classics.
Francis Steegmuller1957
Elegant mid-century English by Flaubert's biographer.
Where it is set
- Normandy
France
He sets out to build a practice in the village of Tostes in the Seine-Inférieure department of the Normandy region. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
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