Bored with her passionless husband and her humbled life, young Emma Bovary partakes in a series of lusty affairs. However, her careless flings and extravagant spending sprees threaten to destroy her health and reputation.
"Madame Bovary is like the railroad stations erected in its epoch: graceful, even floral, but cast of iron."
New York Times Book Review
"Madame Bovary has a perfection that not only stamps it, but that makes it stand almost alone; it holds itself with such a supreme unapproachable assurance as both excites and defies judgment."
