Madame Bovary

New York, New York, U.S.A: Vintage/ Random House, 1991. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Vintage Classic Trade Paperback in Good+ Condition. Translated and with Introduction by Francis Steegmuller. First published 1857. Cover is clean and unmarked, light 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). 411 pages. 5.2 x 8 inches. Bantam Classics, New York, New York, USA. 1981 Printing of the first Bantam Edition, 1959.