Madame Bovary (Illustrations from the Famous Translation Series)

"Madame Bovary" was serialized in the "Paris Magazine" from 1856 to 1857, causing a sensation in the literary world and causing an uproar in society. The judicial authorities filed a public prosecution against the author, accusing the novel of "immorality and blasphemy against religion" and summoned the author to court for trial. The author was ultimately acquitted, and the unknown author, who lived in seclusion in the countryside, established his literary reputation and his position in literary history. Someone once asked Flaubert who was the prototype of Madame Bovary, and he replied: "Madame Bovary is myself."