Madame Bovary (World Famous Translation Library Flaubert Collection)

The novel "Madame Bovary" describes the process of a petty bourgeois woman's gradual degradation because she is not satisfied with her mediocre life. The protagonist Emma committed adultery in pursuit of a romantic and elegant life. In the end, she was ruined because she was in debt and could not repay it, so she committed suicide by taking poison. What is written here is a love affair that is very common both in life and in literary works, but the author's writing touches on sensitive areas that others have not yet touched. Emma's death is not only a tragedy for herself, but also a tragedy for that era. The author uses a very delicate writing style to describe the process of the protagonist's emotional decline. The author works very hard to find the social roots of this tragedy.