First published 2004
In the stifling French provinces of the 1840s, Emma Bovary suffocates inside her marriage to a mediocre country doctor. Hungry for romance and elegance beyond her mundane existence, she begins a dangerous series of affairs, borrowing money and selling possessions to finance her fantasies of glamour. Each lover promises escape, each encounter reveals another layer of disappointment. As her debts mount and her reputation crumbles, Emma spirals toward a devastating confrontation with the harsh realities of her choices. Her desperate pursuit of passion will exact a brutal, irreversible price. A searing portrait of romantic delusion and social constraint, where personal desire crashes against provincial judgment.
Genres: fiction, romance, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: France
Period: 19th-Century
460 pages · Paperback · Alliance Entertainment