ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Madame Bovary, novel by Gustave Flaubert, serialized in the Revue de Paris in 1856 and then published in two volumes the following year. Flaubert transformed a commonplace story of adultery into an enduring work of profound humanity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Madame Bovary | Book by Gustave Flaubert | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster.

Detailed explanation-3: -Madame Bovary, novel by Gustave Flaubert, serialized in the Revue de Paris in 1856 and then published in two volumes the following year.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary (1856) is the story of a bored housewife who has two extra-marital affairs but finds adultery almost as disappointing as marriage.

Detailed explanation-5: -When people asked Flaubert how he became inspired to create the character of Emma Bovary, he famously replied, “Madame Bovary is myself.” However, some scholars think that Emma Bovary’s fanciful (if not flighty) personality was also inspired by Flaubert’s former lover, Colet.