Madame Bovary (Penguin Classics)

by Gustave Flaubert

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Madame Bovary

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Monsieur Homais, pharmacien

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Tostes, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France

Yonville-l'Abbaye (= Ry-sur-Andelle), Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France

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The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

The Ten Greatest Books of All Time - TIME (2007)

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Nous étions à l'Etude, quand le Proviseur entra suivi d'un "nouveau" habillé en bourgeois et d'un garçon de classe qui portait un grand pupitre.

We were in study hall when the headmaster walked in, followed by a new boy not wearing a school uniform, and by a janitor carrying a large desk.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0192100254, Hardcover)

This translation is Gerard Hopkins's 1949 classic rendition of Flaubert's great novel. It is supplemented by an luminous introduction by Anita Brookner.

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