Gustave Flaubert

Before marrying, Emma Bovary believed she would enter a life of luxury and passion like the sentimental stories she'd read in her novels and magazines....

This is the story of a beautiful woman who marries a devoted, provincial doctor, but believes she was meant for something more—a life of luxury, leisure, and, above all, true and passionate love....

Publié en 1857 par Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary est un roman réaliste qui dépeint la vie et les désillusions de la jeune Emma Bovary. Épouse de Charles Bovary, médecin de campagne simple et dévoué, Emma rêve d’une vie passionnée et raffinée, bien loin de son existence monotone.

In Madame Bovary, one of the great novels of 19th-century France, Flaubert draws a deeply felt and sympathetic portrait of a woman....

Emma Bovary, daughter of an uneducated farmer and wife of a dull doctor in northern France, harbors a passion for everything beyond her grasp - sophistication, romance, love, and deliverance from her banal provincial life....

Published at the end of Flaubert’s career, Three Tales is a collection of three compelling short stories about faith, loneliness and love: "A Simple Heart", "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller", and "Herodias"....

Upon arriving home in Normandy, Frederick catches his first glimpse of Marie Arnoux, a mysterious and beautiful woman who leaves a lasting impression on him....

Frederic Moreau is a law student returning home to Normandy from Paris when he first notices Mme. Arnoux, a slender, dark woman several years older than himself. It is the beginning of an infatuation that will last a lifetime. He befriends her husband, an influential businessman, and their paths...

Guy de Maupassant, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, are just some of the famous writers whose wit and wisdom are included in this...

Emma Bovary is a sensuous and sentimental young woman whose romantic ideals make her dissatisfied with her humdrum married life....

Faut-il manger pour vivre, ou vivre pour manger ? La madeleine de Proust est-elle vraiment celle que l'on croit ? La trompe d'éléphant est-elle comestible...

De 1840 à 1867, la vie fait L'éducation sentimentale de Frédéric Moreau et de toute une jeunesse idéaliste qui a préparé dans la fièvre la révolution de 1848. Le roman...

"1100 Quotations from the Great French Writers of the 19th Century" is a wonderful collection of wit and wisdom from some of the greatest French...

Flaubert erzählt von Salome und der Hinrichtung Johannes‘ des Täufers, von ihrer Mutter Herodias und ihrem Stiefvater Herodes, der durch die...

Gustave Flaubert was born on 12th December 1821 in Rouen, in Normandy, France, and completed ‘Three Tales’ in 1877, from which ‘The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller’ is taken....

Gustave Flaubert is one of the major figures of French literature. He was made famous by his first novel, Madame Bovary, and is also remembered for his...

Sumérgete en la cautivadora historia de amor y desilusión de Frédéric Moreau en 'La educación sentimental' de Gustave Flaubert. En esta emocionante novela...

Gustave Flaubert is one of the major figures of French literature. He was known for his scrupulous devotion to his style, sometimes working for a...

Cuando la joven y bella Emma Rouault accede a casarse con Charles Bovary confía en que su vida se convierta en una novela romántica como las que devora sin parar....

Emma Bovary is the original desperate housewife. Beautiful but bored, Emma is not content to be the mere dutiful wife of a French country doctor. She believes she was meant for something more—a life of luxury, leisure, and, above all, true and passionate love....