Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 1950 The Heritage Press w/Slipcase New Includes Sandglass VIII : 37R Madame Bovary (1856) is the French writer Gustave Flaubert's debut novel. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.#madamebovary#gustaveflaubert#Theheritagepress#vintagebooks#bookstore