Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary
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304
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1853260789
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Wordsworth Editions Limited
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Писатели A - F

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Madame Bovary

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Castigated for offending against public decency, `Madame Bovary` has rarely failed to cause a storm. For Flaubert`s contemporaries, the fascination came from the novelist`s meticulous account of provincial manners. For the writer, subject matter was subordinate to his anguished quest for aesthetic perfection. For his twentieth-century successors the formal experiments that underpin `Madame Bovary` look forward to the innovations of contemporary fiction. Flaubert`s protagonist in particular has never ceased to fascinate. Romantic heroine or middle-class neurotic, flawed wife and mother or passionate protestor against the conventions of bourgeois society, simultaneously the subject of Flaubert`s admiration and the butt of his irony - Emma Bovary remains one of the most enigmatic of fictional creations. Flaubert`s meticulous approach to the craft of fiction, his portrayal of contemporary reality, his representation of an unforgettable cast of characters make Madame...

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