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Madame Bovary by Gustave. Flaubert (2005, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBarnes & Noble, Incorporated
ISBN-101593080522
ISBN-139781593080525
eBay Product ID (ePID)43997267
Product Key Features
Book TitleMadame Bovary
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Literary
Publication Year2005
GenreFiction
AuthorGustave. Flaubert
Book SeriesBarnes and Noble Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal843/.8
Synopsis&&LIMadame Bovary&&L/I, by &&LBGustave Flaubert&&L/B, is part of the &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&LI &&L/Iseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/Ipulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. The publication in 1857 of &&LIMadame Bovary&&L/I, with its vivid depictions of sex and adultery, incited a backlash of immorality charges. The novel tells the story of Emma Bovary, a doctor's wife bored and unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood. She embarks upon a series of affairs in search of passion and excitement, but is unable to achieve the splendid life for which she yearns. Instead, she finds herself trapped in a downward spiral that inexorably leads to ruin and self-destruction.&&LBR&&LBRAlong with Tolstoy's &&LIAnna Karenina&&L/I, &&LBFlaubert&&L/B's tragic novel stands as a brilliant portrayal of infidelity, an incisive psychological portrait of a woman torn between duty and desire. Written with acute attention to telling detail, &&LIMadame Bovary&&L/I not only exposes the emptiness of one woman's bourgeois existence and failure to fill that void with fantasies, sex, and material objects. Emma's thirst for life mirrors the universal human impulse for idealized fulfillment. &&LBChris Kraus&&L/B is the author of the novels&&LI I Love Dick, Aliens & Anorexia,&&L/I and &&LITorpor,&&L/I and a collection of essays, &&LIVideo Green: Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of Nothingness.&&L/I She is co-editor, with Sylvere Lotringer and Hedi El Kholti, of the independent press Semiotext(e). She teaches in the graduate program of the San Francisco Art Institute.&&LBR, &&LIMadame Bovary&&L/I, by &&LBGustave Flaubert&&L/B, is part of the &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&LI &&L/Iseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I: New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/Ipulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works. The publication in 1857 of &&LIMadame Bovary&&L/I, with its vivid depictions of sex and adultery, incited a backlash of immorality charges. The novel tells the story of Emma Bovary, a doctor's wife bored and unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood. She embarks upon a series of affairs in search of passion and excitement, but is unable to achieve the splendid life for which she yearns. Instead, she finds herself trapped in a downward spiral that inexorably leads to ruin and self-destruction.&&LBR&&LBRAlong with Tolstoy's &&LIAnna Karenina&&L/I, &&LBFlaubert&&L/B's tragic novel stands as a brilliant portrayal of infidelity, an incisive psychological portrait of a woman torn between duty and desire. Written with acute attention to telling detail, &&LIMadame Bovary&&L/I not only exposes the emptiness of one woman's bourgeois existence and failure to fill that void with fantasies, sex, and material objects. Emma's thirst for life mirrors the universal human impulse for idealized fulfillment. &&LBChris Kraus&&L/B is the author of the novels&&LI I Love Dick, Aliens & Anorexia,&&L/I and &&LITorpor,&&L/I and a collection of essays, &&LIVideo Green: Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of Nothingness.&&L/I She is co-editor, with Sylvere Lotringer and Hedi El Kholti, of the independent press Semiotext(e). She teaches in the graduate program of the San Francisco Art Institute.&&LBR, The publication in 1857 of Madame Bovary, with its vivid depictions of sex and adultery, incited a backlash of immorality charges. The novel tells the story of Emma Bovary, a doctor's wife bored and unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood. She embarks upon a series of affairs in search of passion and excitement, but is unable to achieve the splendid life for which she yearns. Instead, she finds herself trapped in a downward spiral that inexorably leads to ruin and self-destruction. Along with Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Flaubert 's tragic novel stands as a brilliant portrayal of infidelity, an incisive psychological portrait of a woman torn between duty and desire. Written with acute attention to telling detail, Madame Bovary not only exposes the emptiness of one woman's bourgeois existence and failure to fill that void with fantasies, sex, and material objects. Emma's thirst for life mirrors the universal human impulse for idealized fulfillment. Chris Kraus is the author of the novels I Love Dick, Aliens & Anorexia, and Torpor, and a collection of essays, Video Green: Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of Nothingness. She is co-editor, with Sylvere Lotringer and Hedi El Kholti, of the independent press Semiotext(e). She teaches in the graduate program of the San Francisco Art Institute, Along with Tolstoy'sAnna Karenina, Flaubert's tragicnovel stands as an ultimate portrayal of infidelity. Inciting a backlash of immorality charges, the novel was nevertheless an overwhelming success. Today it retains the power to generate empathy and compassion for its realistically drawn characters and admiration for Flaubert's controlled yet evocative style., &&LIMadame Bovary&&L/I, by &&LBGustave Flaubert&&L/B, is part of the &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&LI &&L/Iseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I: New introductions commissioned from today''s top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader''s viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LIBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/Ipulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader''s understanding of these enduring works. The publication in 1857 of &&LIMadame Bovary&&L/I, with its vivid depictions of sex and adultery, incited a backlash of immorality charges. The novel tells the story of Emma Bovary, a doctor''s wife bored and unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood. She embarks upon a series of affairs in search of passion and excitement, but is unable to achieve the splendid life for which she yearns. Instead, she finds herself trapped in a downward spiral that inexorably leads to ruin and self-destruction.&&LBR&&LBRAlong with Tolstoy''s &&LIAnna Karenina&&L/I, &&LBFlaubert&&L/B''s tragic novel stands as a brilliant portrayal of infidelity, an incisive psychological portrait of a woman torn between duty and desire. Written with acute attention to telling detail, &&LIMadame Bovary&&L/I not only exposes the emptiness of one woman''s bourgeois existence and failure to fill that void with fantasies, sex, and material objects. Emma''s thirst for life mirrors the universal human impulse for idealized fulfillment. &&LBChris Kraus&&L/B is the author of the novels&&LI I Love Dick, Aliens & Anorexia,&&L/I and &&LITorpor,&&L/I and a collection of essays, &&LIVideo Green: Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of Nothingness.&&L/I She is co-editor, with Sylvere Lotringer and Hedi El Kholti, of the independent press Semiotext(e). She teaches in the graduate program of the San Francisco Art Institute.&&LBR
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