Madame Bovary

New York, New York, U.S.A: Bantam Classics, 1982. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Paperback in Very Good Condition. Translated by Lowell Bair. Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Bersani. First published 1857. Cover is clean and unmarked, trace wear to cover edges, no creases; glued binding is tight. Pages quite clean no markings, toned. The novel's focus is on the life of an ordinary woman, Madame Bovary, wife of a provincial doctor in France mid-19th century. 19th Century French Literature. A story of a beautiful young woman who marries a luckless and loutish country doctor, set in mid-1800s. She attempts to escape her narrow life through a series of passionate affairs. Her recklessness comes back to haunt her and she finds herself in a desperate fight for existence. Flaubert's depiction of adultery and sinfulness caused a national scandal when this book was first published in 1856. He was put on trial for offending public morality. Today it is considered a masterpiece of realist literature. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880). 424 pages. 4.2 x 6.75 inches. Bantam Classics, New York, New York, USA. 1981 Printing of the first Bantam Edition, 1959.