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Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert · 1856

Classics · ranked #87 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

A provincial wife chases the grand passions of her novels into debt and disaster; the great study of romantic illusion.

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The verdict

Category
Classics
First published
1856 · 1850s
Author
Gustave Flaubert
Standing
Recommended

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