Madame Bovary

«Madame Bovary» — an exciting story of forbidden love in the French province of the 19th century. The famous novel by Gustave Flaubert is published by Trendbooks in a softcover edition with a collectible design featuring a fragment of the painting «Portrait of Betty Verthheimer» by John Singer Sargent. The text is printed unabridged in the classic translation by Alexander Romm.
She was born at a time when women were expected to be modest, quiet, and submissive. But Emma dreamed of something else. She fantasized about passionate knights, secret meetings, and kisses under the moon — everything beautifully described on the pages of her favorite novels.
Becoming Madame Bovary, Emma gained an obedient husband, a small house in the province, and a reputation as a respectable lady. But she did not gain the main thing — a life that would make her heart beat faster. Everything changes with the arrival of Rodolphe Boulanger. Emma decides to take her own happiness into her hands, unaware of the high price she will have to pay…