{"product_id":"madame-bovary-9781853260780","title":"Madame Bovary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an Introduction by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury. Translation by Eleanor Marx-Aveling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCastigated for offending against public decency, \u003cem\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/em\u003e has rarely failed to cause a storm. For Flaubert's contemporaries, the fascination came from the novelist's meticulous account of provincial matters. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlaubert's protagonist in particular has never ceased to fascinate. Romantic heroine or middle-class neurotic, flawed wife and mother or passionate protester 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlaubert's meticulous approach to the craft of fiction, his portrayal of contemporary reality, his representation of an unforgettable cast of characters make Madame Bovary one of the major landmarks of modern fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781853260780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.78h x 4.98w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e167218 \/ Madame Bovary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 27\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gustave Flaubert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45369955778741,"sku":"9781853260780","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_192d2157-0496-4a21-8bce-0f97257cf63a.jpg?v=1747108946","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/madame-bovary-9781853260780","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}