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Madame Bovary

内容简介

EmmaBovaryisbeautifulandbored，trappedinhermarriagetoamediocredoctorandstifledbythebanalityofprovinciallife.Anardentreaderofsentimentalnovels，shelongsforpassionandseeksescapeinfantasiesofhighromance，invoraciousspendingand，eventually，inadultery.Butevenheraffairsbringherdisappointmentanddevastatingconsequences.Flaubert'seroticallychargedandpsychologicallyacuteportrayalofEmmaBovarycausedamoraloutcryonitspublicationin1857.Itwasdeemedsolifelikethatmanywomenclaimedtheywerethemodelforhisheroine;butFlaubertinsisted："MadameBovary，c'estmoi."Oneofthegreatestnovelsofthe19thcentury，Flaubert’storriddebutlivesoninGeoffreyWall’sbrillianttranslation.ThiseditionfeaturesanintroductionbyWall，andaprefaceonEmmaBovary'sfemininityandmodernitybynovelistMichèleRoberts.PartofPenguin’sbeautifulhardcoverClothboundClassicsseries，designedbytheaward-winningCoralieBickford-Smith，thesedelectableandcollectibleeditionsareboundinhigh-quality，tactileclothwithfoilstampedintothedesign.

作者简介

GustaveFlaubertwasborninRouenin1821.Afterillnessinterruptedacareerinlaw,heretiredtolivewithhiswidowedmotheranddevotehimselftowriting.HisgreatestworksincludeMadameBovary(1857),SentimentalEducation(1857)andBouvardetPécuchet(1881).Heachievedlimitedsuccessinhisownlifetime,buthisfameandreputationgrewsteadilyafterhisdeathin1880.GeoffreyWallisaliterarybiographer,translatorandtravelwriter.HisbiographyofFlaubert,publishedin2001,wasshortlistedfortheWhitbreadPrizeandfortheJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrize.HistranslationsofFlaubertforPenguinincludeMadameBovary,SelectedLetters,TheDictionaryofReceivedIdeas,SentimentalEducationandThreeTales.MichèleRobertsisthehalf-Englishhalf-Frenchwriteroftenhighlypraisednovels.,,,,,,

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Hardcover Classics

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