Madame Bovary
Author(s): Gustave Flaubert, Eleanor Marx Aveling
Genre(s): Romance, Published 1800 -1900
Narrators: Hefyd, Ruth Golding, Bob Sage, Elizabeth Klett, Icyjumbo (1964-2010), Gloria Zbilicki, Lady Maria, Roz Romero, Merne Túrante, Aaron Elliott, Ezwa, Lori H
Number of Chapters: 35
Length: 12 hours and 59 minutes
Language: English
Published in book form in April 1857, the novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Flaubert was notoriously perfectionist about his writing and claimed to always be searching for le mot juste (the right word)". (Summary from Wikipedia).