Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 1957 Banned Book
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert is a significant 19th-century novel that exemplifies French Realism. The story revolves around Emma Bovary, who marries Charles, a country doctor. Unfulfilled by her marriage and craving passion and luxury, Emma falls into a passionate affair with Rodolphe, followed by a love affair with Léon. Her relentless pursuit of a romantic and extravagant lifestyle catapults her husband into poverty. Emma Bovary is neurotically unable to distinguish the value of true love and a life well-built with her husband from the fantasies of the romance novels she devours. The novel's moral lesson: "Beware Indulging in Romantic Fantasy".
Originally published in 1857, Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" was banned on sexual grounds. In the trial, Imperial Advocate Ernest Pinard said, "No gauze for him, no veils — he gives us nature in all her nudity and crudity."
Title: Madame Bovary: Patterns of Provincial Life
Author: Gustave Flaubert, Translated by Francis Steegmuller
Publisher: Random House for Modern Library
Publication Date: 1957
Binding: Hardcover, Grey Kent endpapers. Rockwell Kent (1882 – 1971) was an American painter, printmaker illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer, and voyager.
Language: English
Pages: 396
Measures approximately: 7 x 4 3/4 x 3/4 inch ( 18.5 x 12 x 2 cm.)
Condition of the book: Please see the images.