Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
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Madame Bovary

Author: Gustave Flaubert

Narrator: Bobbie Frohman, various narrators

Unabridged: 12 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2014

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Unhappily married to a devoted, clumsy, provincial doctor, Emma revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous and sentimental desires lead her only to suffering, corruption, and downfall. A brilliant psychological portrait, Madame Bovary searingly depicts the human mind in search of transcendence. Acclaimed as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1857, this classic is still revered today as one of the finest novels of English literature.

About Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880), French novelist and one of the masters of nineteenth-century fiction, was born in Rouen, the second son of a noted physician. Beset by ill health and personal misfortune, he led a solitary life of rigid discipline, which was reflected in his writing by his obsession with finding le mot juste (exactly the right word). His first published novel was Madame Bovary (1857). When certain passages in Madame Bovarywere judged to be offensive to public morals, Flaubert, his publisher, and his printer were tried but acquitted.

About Bobbie Frohman

Bobbie Frohman, a third generation Californian, was raised in a large extended family, the niece of cowboys. Early on she developed a deep love of animals, training her dogs to perform with her at dog shows, and as a competitive barrel racer with her beloved horse, Lucky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly on July 05, 2011

Oh, Emma. Emma, Emma, Emma. Darling, why must you make it so easy ? No, dear, (for once) I don’t mean for the men. I mean for everyone else in the world who goes into this book just looking for an excuse to make fun of you. I would say that most people don’t know that much about France, but they do......more

Goodreads review by emma on February 26, 2023

welcome to...MADAME BOVUARY! you know what time it is — it's a title / month pun, i'm picking up an ill-advised classic, and i'm going to be as attention seeking about it as possible. IT'S ANOTHER PROJECT LONG CLASSIC INSTALLMENT. except this time i'm doing it at the end of one month into the start of......more

Goodreads review by Vit on October 19, 2024

Madame Bovary is a gorgeous comedy of manners… The narration is flowery and almost baroque… There is no sympathy for the characters… The snide style of the novel is unique. Gustave Flaubert begins from afar… From the school years of Charles Bovary – the future doctor and subsequent husband of Emma Bo......more

Quotes

“Madame Bovary is like the railroad stations erected in its epoch: graceful, even floral, but cast of iron.” New York Times Book Review

“Madame Bovary has a perfection that not only stamps it, but that makes it stand almost alone; it holds itself with such a supreme unapproachable assurance as both excites and defies judgment.” Henry James

“Flaubert established for good or ill, what most readers think of as modern realist narration, and his influence is almost too familiar to be visible.” James Wood, New York Times bestselling author of How Fiction Works

“It still astonishes. If one were to ask, ‘World, which is the most perfect novel ever written?’ the world would immediately answer: Madame Bovary.” Washington Post Book World

“A masterpiece of realism.” Masterpieces of World Literature

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