Gustave Flaubert

'She wanted to die, and she wanted to live in Paris.' This is the story of Emma, trapped in a disappointing marriage with a dull country doctor, she dreams for a life more like the sentimental novels she reads. In an attempt to break from the drab reality of her provincial life in Normandy, Emma takes a lover, and disaster soon follows. Greedy, delusional and selfish, the character of Emma Bovary scandalised readers from the novel's first publication in 1857, yet her magnetism is undeniable. A landmark work in modern realism, Madame Bovary vibrates with the inner life of a woman hungry for more. Meet ten of literature'smost iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraitsby female photographers from around the world.

Flauberts skildring af Emma Bovary regnes af mange som et af de første markante og realistiske kvindeportrætter, og romanen er i dag en klassiker i verdenslitteraturen. Under et sygebesøg hos en ældre bonde betages provinslægen Charles Bovary af den kønne datter Emma, som han gifter sig med. Desværre kan Charles ikke opfylde Emmas virkelighedsfjerne drømme om kærlighed og overklasseliv. Hun tager sig derfor flere elskere og indlader sig med provinsbyens snu handelsmand Lheureux, der forsyner hende med luksusvarer og samtidig skaffer sig viden om hendes hemmeligheder. Emma opbygger en gæld, som hun umuligt kan indfri, og bevæger sig langsomt ud på et fatalt skråplan N. J Berendsens klassiske oversættelse fra 1909 er redigeret af Kim N. Jensen. Oversættelsen er til denne udgave yderligere let redigeret af forlaget. "Historien om den lidenskabelige Emma Bovary, der kan sætte sind og sanser i kog, er ikke til at komme udenom. Det er fransk forlystelses-fortælling uden sidestykke.« LITTERATURSIDEN "Den får ikke for lidt i Madame Bovary. Der bliver løftet op i skørterne, og hovedpersonen, Emma Bovary, lever et liv, der var helt uhørt på den tid. Det er et vildt spændende portræt af en kvinde, der bygger luftkasteller op, hele tiden søger efter noget og bliver forført af livets fristelser. Og så formår hun at sætte en facade op, så det virker til, at alt er perfekt. Hvis madame Bovary havde levet i dag, så havde hun formentlig været Instagram-queen og med i Luksusfælden.« DR. DK

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Salammbo is the daughter of a Carthaginian general and statesman, who becomes the object of desire of the warrior leader who has invaded her home. After a precious veil is stolen from the city’s holy temple, Salammbo is determined to bring it back. Following the First Punic War, Carthage is unable to compensate its army of hired mercenaries. This angers the men causing them to revolt and attack the city. One of their leaders, Matho, has fallen in love with Salammbo, a priestess and daughter of the Carthaginian general. When Salammbo discovers the mercenaries have stolen a sacred veil, she goes to retrieve it. Yet, legend warns whoever touches the veil—regardless of intent—is doomed to die. Salammbo is a historical epic that depicts the internal and external tragedy of war. It explores both sides of a conflict that leads to the same startling conclusion. Flaubert delivers a vivid characterization of corruption, politics, lust and obsession. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Salammbo is both modern and readable.

The protagonist, Frederic Moreau, and his beloved, Mme Arnoux, are based on Flaubert's youthful infatuation with an older married woman. Frederic's puppy love for Mme Arnoux is at first steadfast and idealistic, and she remains faithful to her rather frivolous husband. Frederic's love ends in disillusionment, as do the subsequent passions of his life. His youthful ambitions lead to failure and boredom, and his idealistic views of social progress are disappointed by reality. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

The protagonist, Frederic Moreau, and his beloved, Mme Arnoux, are based on Flaubert's youthful infatuation with an older married woman. Frederic's puppy love for Mme Arnoux is at first steadfast and idealistic, and she remains faithful to her rather frivolous husband. Frederic's love ends in disillusionment, as do the subsequent passions of his life. His youthful ambitions lead to failure and boredom, and his idealistic views of social progress are disappointed by reality. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

“Perhaps we identify with Emma because we too feel an emptiness at the center of things—an emptiness we try to fill with books, with fantasies, with sex, with things. Her yearning is nothing more or less than the human condition in the modern world. Her search for ecstasy is ours.”—Erica Jong "Madame Bovaryhas 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."-Henry James When Gustave Flaubert’s debut novel Madame Bovary (1856) was published it had already created a great storm of both repulsion and profound admiration; it is now recognized as one of the most important works of literature ever written. When the story initially appeared in serial form it was attacked as a work of blatant indecency , and Flaubert was thrust into immediate celebrity. In the resulting obscenity trial, the author was acquitted, and by its publication date its existence was well known in France. Immediately a bestseller, the French public embraced the book with polarity; many repugnant with its attack on convention, and many recognizing its great humanity and depth. The novel begins with the introduction of Charles Bovary, an unremarkable man who becomes a country doctor in the north of France. During one of his rounds he falls under the spell of Emma Rouault, the beautiful daughter of one of his patients. When Bovary’s wife unexpectedly passes away, he marries Emma, whose expectation of life becomes increasingly unfulfilled. After the birth of her child, she spins into a series of uncontrollable urges and bad choices that leads to her tragic downfall. With its unique shifting of perspectives, deep humanity, and bleak honesty, Madame Bovary is a classic that must be read. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Madame Bovary is both modern and readable.

Madame Bovary är en roman skriven av Gustave Flaubert, publicerad 1856. Den följer livet av Emma Bovary, en uttråkad och olycklig hustru på landsbygden i Frankrike, som inleder utomäktenskapliga affärer och lever över sina tillgångar i en sökande efter kärlek och spänning. Romanen är berömd för sin realism och detaljerade avbildning av Emmas inre tankar och känslor, samt dess kritik av bourgeois-samhället. Madame Bovary betraktas som en mästerverk av fransk litteratur och ett banbrytande verk inom litterär realism.