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From the Publisher: Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert's dramatic novel about the loves and liaisons of a country doctor's wife, caused a sensation when it was first published in 1857. Although prosecuted by French censors, the novel is recognized today as a groundbreaking work of literary realism. It has become on of the most popular novels of all time, and its heroine, Emma Bovary, one of the best known in all literature. In addition to Madame Bovary, this volume collects Flaubert's four other novels: Salammbo, The Temptation of Saint Anthony, A Sentimental Education, and Bouvard and Pecuchet. Evocative in their descriptions and vivid in their delineation of the inner lives of their characters, these meticulously crafted stories testify to Flaubert's genius as a literary innovator.… (más)
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[Madame Bovary] TO MARIE-ANTOINE-JULES SENARD, MEMBER OF THE PARIS BAR, EX-PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, AND FORMER [Madame Bovary] MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR / DEAR AND ILLUSTRIOUS FRIEND-- Permit me to inscribe your name at the head of this book, and above its dedication; for it is to you, before all, that I owe its publication. Reading over your magnificent defence, my work has acquired for myself, as it were, an unexpected authority. Accept, then, here, the homage of my gratitude, which, how great soever it is, will never attain the height of your eloquence and your devotion. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
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[Madame Bovary] We were in class when the head-master came in, followed by a "new fellow," not wearing the school uniform, and a school servant carrying a large desk.
[Salammbô] It was at Megara, a suburb of Carthage, in the gardens of Hamilcar.
[Sentimental Education] On the 15th of September, 1840, about six o'clock in the morning, the ville de Montereau, just on the point of starting, was sending forth great whirlwinds of smoke, in front of the Quai St. Bernard.
[The Temptation of Saint Anthony] It is in the Thebaïd, on the heights of a mountain, where a platform, shaped like a crescent, is surrounded by huge stones.
[Bouvard and Pécuchet] As there were thirty-three degrees of heat the boulevard Bourdon was absolutely deserted.
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[Madame Bovary] He has just received the cross of the Legion of Honour.
[Bouvard and Pécuchet] Bouvard put on his blue frock-coat, a nankeen waistcoat and beaver shoes; and they were strongly moved when they had passed through the village and arrived at the hostelry of the Golden Cross.
From the Publisher: Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert's dramatic novel about the loves and liaisons of a country doctor's wife, caused a sensation when it was first published in 1857. Although prosecuted by French censors, the novel is recognized today as a groundbreaking work of literary realism. It has become on of the most popular novels of all time, and its heroine, Emma Bovary, one of the best known in all literature. In addition to Madame Bovary, this volume collects Flaubert's four other novels: Salammbo, The Temptation of Saint Anthony, A Sentimental Education, and Bouvard and Pecuchet. Evocative in their descriptions and vivid in their delineation of the inner lives of their characters, these meticulously crafted stories testify to Flaubert's genius as a literary innovator.
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