Often described as the perfect novel, Madame Bovary is said to have had an influence on modern fiction that is so profound it is difficult to perceive.
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First famous for its scandalous content, the novel later became recognised as the masterpiece of realism.
To cope with the emptiness of her existence she embarks on a series of disastrous affairs and runs up huge debts.
It relates the tale of a bored and unsatisfied woman, struggling to find contentment in nineteenth-century middle-class French society.
Often described as the perfect novel, Madame Bovary is said to have had an influence on modern fiction that is so profound it is difficult to perceive