Madame Bovary

The novel "Madame Bovary," once condemned for its assault on public morality, has been astonishing and captivating readers for a century and a half. Dreams of an "ideal" marriage are shattered; the "prince" Emma invented turned out to be a dull provincial doctor, and she, choking in a dismal, joyless marriage, began desperately seeking happiness in "romantic" love affairs… This is the plot of one of the most significant works in the history of French literature – a repeatedly adapted masterpiece about the "little tragedy" of a young woman.