Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert’s daring portrait of adultery caused a national scandal when Madame Bovary was first published. This masterpiece of realist literature has lost none of its impact today.

Young Emma Bovary dreams of love and riches but her marriage to Charles, a dull country doctor, is far from satisfying. In an attempt to escape the narrow confines of tradition, she embarks on a series of passionate love affairs, hoping to find the romantic ideal she always dreamed about in the arms of other...