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title Madame Bovary Notes Cliffs Notes On-- Rev Ed author - photo 1

title	:	Madame Bovary : Notes Cliffs Notes On--; Rev. Ed.
author	:	Roberts, James Lamar.
publisher	:	John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (US)
isbn10 \| asin	:
print isbn13	:	9780822007807
ebook isbn13	:	9780822071259
language	:	English
subject	Flaubert, Gustave,--1821-1880.--Madame Bovary.
publication date	:	1964
lcc	:
ddc	:	840.9
subject	:	Flaubert, Gustave,--1821-1880.--Madame Bovary.

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Madame Bovary

Notes

by
James L. Roberts, Ph.D.
Department of English
University of Nebraska

including
Introduction to the Novel
Brief Synopsis of the Novel
List of Characters
Chapter Summaries and Commentaries
Character Analyses
Flaubert's Life and Works
Questions for Review

INCORPORATED
LINCOLN. NEBRASKA 68501

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Editor
Gary Carey, M.A.
University of Colorado

Consulting Editor
James L. Roberts, Ph.D.
Department of English
University of Nebraska

ISBN 0-8220-0780-0
Copyright 1964
by
Cliffs Notes, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Printed in U.S.A.

1999 Printing

The Cliffs Notes logo, the names ''Cliffs" and "Cliffs Notes," and the black and yellow diagonal-stripe cover design are all registered trademarks belonging to Cliffs Notes, Inc., and may not be used in whole or in part without written permission.

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Contents

Introduction

A Brief Synopsis

List of Characters

Critical Commentaries

Part I

Part II

Part III

Character Analyses

Critical Problems

Flaubert's Life and Works

Suggestions for Further Reading

Sample Examination Questions

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Introduction

Gustave Flaubert's masterpiece, Madame Bovary, was published in 1857. The book shocked many of its readers and caused a scandalized chain reaction that spread through all France and ultimately resulted in the author's prosecution for immorality.

Since that time, however, Madame Bovary has been recognized by students of literature as being the forerunner and model of our most prevalent and influential literary genre, the realistic novel. It is now considered a book of great intrinsic worth and one which contains an important and moving story. In addition, it provides a standard against which to compare the works and writers that have followed it. It is impossible to understand or appreciate modern European and American fiction without an acquaintance with Madame Bovary.

A Summary of Madame Bovary

Charles Bovary, the only son of a middle-class family, became a doctor and set up his practice in a rural village. He made a marriage of convenience with a woman older than himself. Upon his wife's death, Bovary married an attractive young woman named Emma Roualt, the daughter of one of his patients. For a while Emma was excited and pleased by her marriage, but because of her superficial romantic ideals she was soon bored and disillusioned by her new life. As a result of her dissatisfaction she became ill.

For the sake of her health the Bovarys moved to a new town, where their daughter was born. Emma's unhappiness continued, and she began to have romantic yearnings toward Leon, a young law clerk. After Leon left the town in order to attend law school, Emma's boredom and frustration became more intense. She was negligent of her duties as a wife and mother. None of Bovary's

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efforts to please her were successful, and she did not value or understand his devoted love for her.

Finally Emma had an adulterous affair with Rodolphe, a local landowner. When he abandoned her, she became seriously ill. After her recovery Emma encountered Leon in Rouen and began to carry on an affair with him. In order to afford weekly trips to the city to see Leon and to satisfy her other whims, Emma spent her husband's money freely and incurred many debts. She kept these secret from Bovary and managed to obtain a Power of Attorney so that she would have full control over their financial affairs.

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