Madame Bovary "is Flaubert's representative work and one of the greatest works in the history of world literature.
The protagonist of this book, Emma, was born into a wealthy farming family and sent to a monastery to receive a "higher education". It was this education that stimulated her whimsical mind and made her yearn for a life in high society, immersed in an illusory love that she believed was the essence of happiness. But reality is not like that. Her husband is a mediocre and incompetent doctor, and it is impossible for him to fulfill her illusory wish for life. The conflict between the two is inevitable.
At this moment, she met the seasoned lover Rodov, and Emma, who had slipped, began to embark on a path of decline. Along with this, Emma's desire for illusory happiness was also expanding, and ultimately it was bound to lead to destruction.
Author Profile:
Gustave Flaubert, a great French critical realist novelist of the mid-19th century, was once a disciple of Maupassant. Famous works include Madame Bovary, Emotional Education, and Bouvard and Pecuche. He had a profound influence on the development of literature, especially modernist literature, from the late 19th to the 20th century, and is known as the "pioneer of naturalistic literature" and the founder of Western modern fiction.
translator:
Zhu Wenjun, with a graduate degree. Professor at Beijing International Studies University.