The two are married a short time later and settle into their modest home in the small town of Yonville, in Normandy. Emma, who has spent years living in a convent and fantasizing about love and romance, falls instantly in love with Charles. Flaubert then illustrates his point by telling the court the story of Emma, beginning when she was twenty years old and living a lonely life on her father's farm: One night, a country physician named Charles Bovary arrives at the farm to examine Emma's father, who has an injured leg. In response, Flaubert contends that his story is about forgiveness and that many women like Emma exist in the real world.
(Summary from Wikipedia).In 1857, French author Gustave Flaubert is ordered to stand trial to defend accusations that his novel, Madame Bovary, is "an outrage against public morals and established customs." During the trial, prosecutors argue that the subject of the book, Emma Bovary, is a "disgrace to France and an insult to womanhood," and that the book should be banned for its indecency. Flaubert was notoriously perfectionist about his writing and claimed to always be searching for le mot juste (the right word)". Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Published in book form in April 1857, the novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Translated by Eleanor Marx Aveling (1855 - 1898) Download cover art Download CD case insert Madame Bovary
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