Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A country doctor's wife in Normandy reads romances, takes lovers, runs up debts with a draper who is patient for exactly as long as it suits him, and reaches for the arsenic. Flaubert was prosecuted for offending public morals in 1857 and acquitted; he wrote at a page a week and read every sentence aloud. Nothing is explained and nothing is forgiven. Forty-four plates by Renoir, Pissarro and their circle catch the yellow fields, farm children and windows of the France Emma Bovary longed to escape.
A country doctor's wife in Normandy reads romances, takes lovers, runs up debts with a draper who is patient for exactly as long as it suits him, and reaches for the arsenic. Flaubert was prosecuted for offending public morals in 1857 and acquitted; he wrote at a page a week and read every senten...
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Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a French novelist born in Rouen, the son of a surgeon. He was prosecuted for offending public morals over Madame Bovary and acquitted, and spent years on each of his books. His works include Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, and The Temptation of Saint Anthony.
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a French novelist born in Rouen, the son of a surgeon. He was prosecuted for offending public morals over Madame Bovary and acquitted, and spent years on each of his books. His works include Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, and The Temptation of Sai...
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