Madame Bovary (Franklin Library 100 Greatest Books of all Time 1978)

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. When the novel was first serialized in La Revue de Paris between 1 October 1856 and 15 December 1856, public prosecutors attacked the novel for obscenity. The resulting trial in January 1857 made the story notorious. After Flaubert’s acquittal in February 1857, Madame Bovary became a bestseller.

This book comes with the original booklet ‘Notes from the Editors’.

Features:

• Franklin Library 100 Greatest Books of all Time Limited Edition
• Publisher Franklin Library, Pennsylvania; 1978
• Leather Hardback with Gilt Page Edges, Silk Endpapers, Silk Bookmark, 431pp
• Illustrated by Bill Greer
• Size 210 x 145mm, 1kg