Madame Bovary.
“She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris": First English Edition of Flaubert's Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary.
FLAUBERT, Gustave.
$5,000.00
Item Number: 149906
London: Vizetelly & Co, 1886.
First English edition of a seminal novel in literary realism, renowned for its psychological depth and critique of bourgeois society. Octavo, original publisher’s full cloth, gilt tiles and detailing to the spine and front panel. In very good condition. A sharp example.
Flaubert’s prose, characterized by meticulous detail and free indirect discourse, immerses readers in Emma’s internal struggles and desires. Through her character, the novel critiques the constraints of gender, marriage, and class expectations in 19th-century France. The novel also challenges the idealized portrayals of love and passion found in romantic literature, revealing their incompatibility with reality.
