Madame Bovary = Madame Bovary

The pinnacle of Gustave Flaubert's creativity, the novel «Madame Bovary», which had a tremendous influence on world literature, was published in the Parisian literary magazine «La Revue de Paris» from October 1 to December 15, 1856. The author and publishers... were accused of offending public morality and were brought to trial. The scandal surrounding the novel made it popular, and the acquittal on February 7, 1857, allowed it to be released as a separate book. In the novel, Flaubert describes the sad story of Delphine Couture, but insisted that Emma has no prototype. «Emma is me,» the writer said, like his heroine, suffering from the boredom and vulgarity of provincial life, however, at Delphine's grave, in addition to her own name, there is the inscription «Madame Bovary».