Madame Bovary

The novel is not just about a banal affair - an unfaithful wife, a deceived husband, and a tragic ending, but rather a novel that, according to I.S. Turgenev, is the best "in the entire literary world," bringing Gustave Flaubert not only fame but also scandalous notoriety for offending morality.

Deep, psychological, with vivid and detailed portrayal of details (including a description of the arsenic poisoning scene), the novel is about a woman, "magnificent in her own way, in her insignificant surroundings, with her tiny horizon" (C. Baudelaire).