Madame Bovary
- 112 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Observations like this provoked a scandalized reception for Flaubert's first published novel, and he was put on trial for offending public morality. Madame Bovary is the story of a young country doctor's wife who seeks escape from the boredom of her existence in love affairs and romantic yearnings, and who is doomed to disillusionment.