Madame Bovary
Essential Life Skills You'll Learn
Critical Thinking Through Literature
Develop analytical skills by examining the complex themes and character motivations in Madame Bovary, learning to question assumptions and see multiple perspectives.
Historical Context Understanding
Learn to place events and ideas within their historical context, understanding how Madame Bovary reflects and responds to the issues of its time.
Empathy and Perspective-Taking
Build empathy by experiencing life through the eyes of characters from different times, backgrounds, and circumstances in Madame Bovary.
Recognizing Timeless Human Nature
Understand that human nature remains constant across centuries, as Madame Bovary reveals patterns of behavior and motivation that persist today.
Articulating Complex Ideas
Improve your ability to express nuanced thoughts and feelings by engaging with the sophisticated language and themes in Madame Bovary.
Moral Reasoning and Ethics
Develop your ethical reasoning by grappling with the moral dilemmas and philosophical questions raised throughout Madame Bovary.
These skills are woven throughout the analysis, helping you see how classic literature provides practical guidance for navigating today's complex world.
Themes in This Book
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Madame Bovary follows Emma Bovary, a doctor's wife whose romantic fantasies lead her into affairs, debt, and tragedy. Flaubert's meticulous prose dissects how novels and daydreams can poison real life. The novel that defined literary realism and was prosecuted for obscenity.
Meet Your Guide
Emma, 30
small-town doctor's wife, Instagram influencer aspirations at rural medical practice, social media from home
married to devoted but boring country doctor, young daughter
Throughout this guide, you'll follow Emma's story as they navigate situations that mirror the classic. romantic fantasies fueled by social media creating debt, affairs, and self-destruction
Table of Contents
The New Boy's Humiliation
The Call That Changes Everything
Finding Love After Loss
The Wedding Feast Reveals All
Setting Up House, Setting Up Dreams
Emma's Romantic Education
The Weight of Ordinary Love
The Ball at Vaubyessard
The Viscount's Cigar Case
Welcome to Yonville
First Connections in Yonville
New Motherhood and Growing Attraction
Dangerous Intimacy Through Small Gestures
The Merchant's Temptation and Hidden Desires
Spiritual Emptiness and Failed Connections
About Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) spent five years writing Madame Bovary, obsessing over every sentence. When asked who Emma was based on, he replied, 'Madame Bovary, c'est moi.' His perfectionism created the template for the modern novel.
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