Madame Bovary is a classic novel by French author Gustave Flaubert, first published in 1856. The novel follows the life of Emma Bovary, a young woman who is bored and dissatisfied with her provincial life. Through her romantic and
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Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.