Madam Bovary

von Gustave Flaubert

A shocking tale of one woman's quest to escape her boring marriage and provential life. Emma Bovary seeks passion, love and and glamour; everything she's missing her her marriage to a stuffy doctor. This novel scandalized readers in nineteenth century France for it's unabashed portral of the adulterous heroine but its beautiful prose has made it a classic that speaks to audiences today.