Madame Bovary

Emma Bovary er gift med en brav, men ikke alt for spændende læge i en lille fransk by. Hun er ved at blive kvalt i det provinsielle miljø og ønsker på én gang at dø og at bo i Paris, men hun prøver dog at realisere sine romantiske drømme og sit behov for handling i elskovsaffærer med forskellige mænd i byen. Disse forhold bringer hende menneskeligt og økonomisk mere og mere på afveje. For at undgå småborgerskabets nedværdigende fordømmelse tager hun arsenik i panik og lider en langsom, pinefuld og alt andet end værdig død.

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. ‘…for her, life was as cold as an attic with a window looking to the north, and ennui, like a spider, was silently spinning its shadowy web in every cranny of her heart.’ Married to Charles, a provincial doctor, Emma Bovary yearns for a more glamorous life. Disenchanted with her husband and seeking an escape from their dull marriage she is soon tempted into a brief romantic liaison with another man. Although short-lived, she remains desirous of passion and the finer things in life and embarks on another affair, destroying her reputation. Considered scandalous at the time, Emma Bovary’s superficial and immoral behaviour shocked readers and caused moral outcry. Flaubert holds up to ridicule not only Madame Bovary herself, but the society that dares to judge her.

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. ‘…for her, life was as cold as an attic with a window looking to the north, and ennui, like a spider, was silently spinning its shadowy web in every cranny of her heart.’ Married to Charles, a provincial doctor, Emma Bovary yearns for a more glamorous life. Disenchanted with her husband and seeking an escape from their dull marriage she is soon tempted into a brief romantic liaison with another man. Although short-lived, she remains desirous of passion and the finer things in life and embarks on another affair, destroying her reputation. Considered scandalous at the time, Emma Bovary’s superficial and immoral behaviour shocked readers and caused moral outcry. Flaubert holds up to ridicule not only Madame Bovary herself, but the society that dares to judge her.

With an Introduction by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury. Translation by Eleanor Marx-Aveling. Castigated for offending against public decency, Madame Bovary has rarely failed to cause a storm. For Flaubert's contemporaries, the fascination came from the novelist's meticulous account of provincial matters. For the writer, subject matter was subordinate to his anguished quest for aesthetic perfection. For his twentieth-century successors the formal experiments that underpin Madame Bovary look forward to the innovations of contemporary fiction. Flaubert's protagonist in particular has never ceased to fascinate. Romantic heroine or middle-class neurotic, flawed wife and mother or passionate protester against the conventions of bourgeois society, simultaneously the subject of Flaubert's admiration and the butt of his irony - Emma Bovary remains one of the most enigmatic of fictional creations. Flaubert's meticulous approach to the craft of fiction, his portrayal of contemporary reality, his representation of an unforgettable cast of characters make Madame Bovary one of the major landmarks of modern fiction.

With an Introduction by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury. Translation by Eleanor Marx-Aveling. Castigated for offending against public decency, Madame Bovary has rarely failed to cause a storm. For Flaubert's contemporaries, the fascination came from the novelist's meticulous account of provincial matters. For the writer, subject matter was subordinate to his anguished quest for aesthetic perfection. For his twentieth-century successors the formal experiments that underpin Madame Bovary look forward to the innovations of contemporary fiction. Flaubert's protagonist in particular has never ceased to fascinate. Romantic heroine or middle-class neurotic, flawed wife and mother or passionate protester against the conventions of bourgeois society, simultaneously the subject of Flaubert's admiration and the butt of his irony - Emma Bovary remains one of the most enigmatic of fictional creations. Flaubert's meticulous approach to the craft of fiction, his portrayal of contemporary reality, his representation of an unforgettable cast of characters make Madame Bovary one of the major landmarks of modern fiction.

For his twentieth-century successors the formal experiments that underpin Madame Bovary look forward to the innovations of contemporary fiction. Flaubert' s protagonist in particular has never ceased to fascinate. Romantic heroine or middle-class neurotic, flawed wife and mother or passionate protester against the conventions of bourgeois society, simultaneously the subject of Flaubert 's admiration and the butt of his irony - Emma Bovary remains one of the most enigmatic of fictional creations. Flaubert 's meticulous approach to the craft of fiction, his portrayal of contemporary reality, his representation of an unforgettable cast of characters make Madame Bovary one of the major landmarks of modern fiction.

Madame Bovary (1856) is Gustave Flaubert's first published novel and is considered his masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Flaubert was notoriously a perfectionist about his writing and claimed always to be searching for le mot juste ("the right word").

Madame Bovary (1856) is Gustave Flaubert's first published novel and is considered his masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Flaubert was notoriously a perfectionist about his writing and claimed always to be searching for le mot juste ("the right word").

'Would this misery go on forever? Was there no escape? And yet she was every bit as good as all those other women who led happy lives!' When Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary she imagines she will pass into the life of luxury and passion that she reads about in sentimental novels and women's magazines. But Charles is a dull country doctor, and provincial life is very different from the romantic excitement for which she yearns. In her quest to realize her dreams she takes a lover, and begins a devastating spiral into deceit and despair. Flaubert's novel scandalized its readers when it was first published in 1857, and it remains unsurpassed in its unveiling of character and society. In this new translation Margaret Mauldon perfectly captures the tone that makes Flaubert's style so distinct and admired. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

'Would this misery go on forever? Was there no escape? And yet she was every bit as good as all those other women who led happy lives!' When Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary she imagines she will pass into the life of luxury and passion that she reads about in sentimental novels and women's magazines. But Charles is a dull country doctor, and provincial life is very different from the romantic excitement for which she yearns. In her quest to realize her dreams she takes a lover, and begins a devastating spiral into deceit and despair. Flaubert's novel scandalized its readers when it was first published in 1857, and it remains unsurpassed in its unveiling of character and society. In this new translation Margaret Mauldon perfectly captures the tone that makes Flaubert's style so distinct and admired. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

'A masterpiece' Julian Barnes Flaubert's erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of a married woman's affair caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857. Its heroine, Emma Bovary, is stifled by provincial life as the wife of a doctor. An ardent devourer of sentimental novels, she seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment, and when real life continues to fail to live up to her romantic expectations, the consequences are devastating. It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: 'Madame Bovary, c'est moi.' Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Geoffrey Wall With a Preface by Michèle Roberts

'A masterpiece' Julian Barnes Flaubert's erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of a married woman's affair caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857. Its heroine, Emma Bovary, is stifled by provincial life as the wife of a doctor. An ardent devourer of sentimental novels, she seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment, and when real life continues to fail to live up to her romantic expectations, the consequences are devastating. It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: 'Madame Bovary, c'est moi.' Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Geoffrey Wall With a Preface by Michèle Roberts

For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate its contents with profound dispassion, the author of Madame Bovary was tried for -offenses against morality and religion.- What shocks us today about Flaubert's devastatingly realized tale of a young woman destroyed by the reckless pursuit of her romantic dreams is its pure artistry: the poise of its narrative structure, the opulence of its prose (marvelously captured in the English translation of Francis Steegmuller), and its creation of a world whose minor figures are as vital as its doomed heroine. In reading Madame Bovary, one experiences a work that remains genuinely revolutionary almost a century and a half after its creation.

For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate its contents with profound dispassion, the author of Madame Bovary was tried for -offenses against morality and religion.- What shocks us today about Flaubert's devastatingly realized tale of a young woman destroyed by the reckless pursuit of her romantic dreams is its pure artistry: the poise of its narrative structure, the opulence of its prose (marvelously captured in the English translation of Francis Steegmuller), and its creation of a world whose minor figures are as vital as its doomed heroine. In reading Madame Bovary, one experiences a work that remains genuinely revolutionary almost a century and a half after its creation.

Beautiful Emma Bovary dreams of love and riches but her marriage to Charles, a dull country doctor, is far from satisfying. In an attempt to escape the narrow confines of her life, she embarks on a series of passionate affairs, hoping to find the romantic ideal she always dreamed about in the arms of other men, but it soon becomes clear that she is hurtling towards tragedy . . . Gustave Flaubert's daring portrait of adultery caused a national scandal when Madame Bovary was first published, and this masterpiece of realist literature has lost none of its impact today. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Madame Bovary is translated by Eleanor Marx Aveling and features an afterword by the playwright, screenwriter and actor, Peter Harness. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much-loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Margaret Cohen’s careful editorial revision modernizes and renews Flaubert’s stylistic masterpiece. In addition, Cohen has added to the Second Edition a new introduction, substantially new annotations, and twenty-one striking images, including photographs and engravings, that inform students’ understanding of middle-class life in nineteenth-century provincial France. In Madame Bovary, Flaubert created a cogent counter discourse that exposed and resisted the dominant intellectual and social ideologies of his age. The novel’s subversion of conventional moral norms inevitably created controversy and eventually led to Flaubert’s prosecution by the French government on charges of offending "public and religious morality." This Norton edition is the only one available that includes the complete manuscript from Flaubert’s 1857 trial. "Criticism" includes sixteen studies regarding the novel’s central themes, twelve of them new to the Second Edition, including essays by Charles Baudelaire, Henry James, Roland Barthes, Jonathan Culler, and Naomi Schor. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

EDITION INTEGRALE EXCEPTIONNELLE Plongez dans la lecture d'un des plus grands chefs-d'oeuvre de la litt rature Fran aise dans une tr s belle dition broch e. Emma Bovary m ne une triste existence aupr s d'un mari insignifiant, Charles Bovary. Charles est pourtant tr s pris de sa femme, mais Emma r ve d'une vie mondaine, d'aventure et d'exaltations romanesques comme les princesses des romans l'eau de rose dans lesquels elle se r fugie pour fuir cette vie d cevante. L'ennui la ronge au point de la pousser l'adult re et elle encha ne les conqu tes. Mais l'absurde go t du luxe et des amants m prisables la conduiront sa perte. Parue en 1857, l'oeuvre fait aussit t scandale - Flaubert est poursuivi pour outrage aux moeurs et la religion. Le succ s, extraordinaire, est la mesure du tapage judiciaire. Ce r cit flamboyant - t moignage de l'immense talent litt raire de l'auteur, est bien plus qu'un roman sulfureux, car il branle les fondements m mes du genre romanesque. Un chef-d'oeuvre incontournable et intemporel. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) est l'un des plus grands crivains Fran ais. Il a marqu la litt rature par la profondeur de ses analyses psychologiques, son souci de r alisme, son regard lucide sur les comportements des individus et de la soci t , et par la force de son style. Ce chef-d'oeuvre incontournable et intemporel ravira les lecteurs de tous ges.

Margaret Cohen’s careful editorial revision modernizes and renews Flaubert’s stylistic masterpiece. In addition, Cohen has added to the Second Edition a new introduction, substantially new annotations, and twenty-one striking images, including photographs and engravings, that inform students’ understanding of middle-class life in nineteenth-century provincial France. In Madame Bovary, Flaubert created a cogent counter discourse that exposed and resisted the dominant intellectual and social ideologies of his age. The novel’s subversion of conventional moral norms inevitably created controversy and eventually led to Flaubert’s prosecution by the French government on charges of offending "public and religious morality." This Norton edition is the only one available that includes the complete manuscript from Flaubert’s 1857 trial. "Criticism" includes sixteen studies regarding the novel’s central themes, twelve of them new to the Second Edition, including essays by Charles Baudelaire, Henry James, Roland Barthes, Jonathan Culler, and Naomi Schor. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

EDITION INTEGRALE EXCEPTIONNELLE Plongez dans la lecture d'un des plus grands chefs-d'oeuvre de la litt rature Fran aise dans une tr s belle dition broch e. Emma Bovary m ne une triste existence aupr s d'un mari insignifiant, Charles Bovary. Charles est pourtant tr s pris de sa femme, mais Emma r ve d'une vie mondaine, d'aventure et d'exaltations romanesques comme les princesses des romans l'eau de rose dans lesquels elle se r fugie pour fuir cette vie d cevante. L'ennui la ronge au point de la pousser l'adult re et elle encha ne les conqu tes. Mais l'absurde go t du luxe et des amants m prisables la conduiront sa perte. Parue en 1857, l'oeuvre fait aussit t scandale - Flaubert est poursuivi pour outrage aux moeurs et la religion. Le succ s, extraordinaire, est la mesure du tapage judiciaire. Ce r cit flamboyant - t moignage de l'immense talent litt raire de l'auteur, est bien plus qu'un roman sulfureux, car il branle les fondements m mes du genre romanesque. Un chef-d'oeuvre incontournable et intemporel. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) est l'un des plus grands crivains Fran ais. Il a marqu la litt rature par la profondeur de ses analyses psychologiques, son souci de r alisme, son regard lucide sur les comportements des individus et de la soci t , et par la force de son style. Ce chef-d'oeuvre incontournable et intemporel ravira les lecteurs de tous ges.

Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment and the consequences are devastating. Flaubert's erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of Emma Bovary caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857. It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: 'Madame Bovary, c'est moi'.

"Madame Bovary" handler om Emma Bovary. Hun bor i en lille fransk by og er gift med en læge, der egentlig ikke siger hende ret meget. Hun drømmer om noget mere - om romantik og intimitet. Men nøjes hun med at drømme? Gustave Flaubert står bag "Madame Bovary", der handler om den dranske provinsfrue Emma. Hun føler sig ensom og kvalt i sit hjem, og vil langt hellere være i Paris, hvor tingene sker. Hun tager en beslutning om at forsøge at realisere sine romantiske drømme, og indleder hede elskovsaffærer i hele byen, men det kommer til at få store konsekvenser, og snart er der ingenting tilbage.

Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment and the consequences are devastating. Flaubert's erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of Emma Bovary caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857. It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: 'Madame Bovary, c'est moi'.

Part of the Chiltern Classics range. The realities of married life in a provincial town fall a long way short of Emma Bovary's romantic expectations. To fill the void she embarks on reckless affairs and spends impetuously on the luxuries she had dreamed of. But when her debts are called in, Emma must face reality and the consequences are tragic. Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world's finest classic literature. These beautiful books are a perfect mix of tradition and the very latest in printing techniques. With wonderful original, detailed and embossed covers, sparkling gilt edges, cream art paper, ribbon markers and stitched binding they are simply the most beautiful classics ever published.ossed covers, sparkling gilt edges, cream art paper, ribbon markers and stitched binding they are simply the most beautiful classics ever published.

Part of the Chiltern Classics range. The realities of married life in a provincial town fall a long way short of Emma Bovary's romantic expectations. To fill the void she embarks on reckless affairs and spends impetuously on the luxuries she had dreamed of. But when her debts are called in, Emma must face reality and the consequences are tragic. Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world's finest classic literature. These beautiful books are a perfect mix of tradition and the very latest in printing techniques. With wonderful original, detailed and embossed covers, sparkling gilt edges, cream art paper, ribbon markers and stitched binding they are simply the most beautiful classics ever published.ossed covers, sparkling gilt edges, cream art paper, ribbon markers and stitched binding they are simply the most beautiful classics ever published.

Ny udgave med nyt omslag Emma Bovary er gift med en brav, men ikke alt for spændende læge i en lille fransk by. Hun er ved at blive kvalt i det provinsielle miljø og ønsker på én gang at dø og at bo i Paris, men hun prøver dog at realisere sine romantiske drømme og sit behov for handling i elskovsaffærer med forskellige mænd i byen. Disse forhold bringer hende menneskeligt og økonomisk mere og mere på afveje. For at undgå småborgerskabets nedværdigende fordømmelse tager hun arsenik i panik og lider en langsom, pinefuld og alt andet end værdig død. Genudgivelse af udgaven fra 2012 inkl. Suzanne Brøggers forord.

"Madame Bovary" er Gustave Flauberts kontroversielle klassiker fra 1857, der vakte røre i sin samtid med sit realistiske portræt af en kvindes kærlighedsliv. Ved et sygebesøg betages lægen Charles Bovary af patientens smukke datter, som han gør til sin hustru. Men Charles kan ikke leve op til Emmas drøm om romantik og luksus. Hun finder sig flere elskere - heriblandt den snedige forretningsmand Lheureux, der giver hende dyre gaver, mens han samler på hendes hemmeligheder. Emma kommer i en enorm gæld og ud på et skæbnesvangert sidspor. Gustave Flauberts "Madame Bovary" er en for sin tid uhørt fortælling og et indlevende portræt af en ung kvindes fristelser og forestillinger.

Madame Bovary follows Emma Bovary, a doctor's wife in provincial France who becomes disillusioned with her mundane life and craves luxury, romance, and excitement. Seeking escape, she engages in affairs and overspends on lavish goods, hoping to fulfill her fantasies. Instead, her actions lead to mounting debt, heartbreak, and social ruin. Ultimately overwhelmed by despair, Emma takes her own life, leaving her husband Charles devastated. The novel is a critique of romantic idealism, materialism, and the constraints of bourgeois society.

Madame Bovary follows Emma Bovary , a doctor's wife in provincial France who becomes disillusioned with her mundane life and craves luxury, romance, and excitement. Seeking escape, she engages in affairs and overspends on lavish goods, hoping to fulfill her fantasies. Instead, her actions lead to mounting debt, heartbreak, and social ruin. Ultimately overwhelmed by despair, Emma takes her own life, leaving her husband Charles devastated. The novel is a critique of romantic idealism, materialism, and the constraints of bourgeois society.