Madame Bovary

[boh-vuh-ree]

noun

1. a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.

Madame Bovary

1. A novel by Gustave Flaubert. The title character, dissatisfied with her marriage, seeks happiness in adultery and finally commits suicide.

Example Sentences

He's more into the timeless classics, like Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" and Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

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Later this year, Pickett’s “Emma Bovary,” which is not a straight adaptation but inspired by Gustave Flaubert’s “Madame Bovary,” with a Peter Salem score, gets a world premiere at the National Ballet of Canada.

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A banquet staged by one of her characters draws on a feast described in “Madame Bovary,” a flourish typical of Ms. Ugresic’s fiction.

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It's made me a more ambitious, active, curious book lover, whether I'm engaging with Madame Bovary or Carrie Soto.

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Jill Biden, who, like Macron’s wife, is a teacher, received copies of Gustave Flaubert’s “Madame Bovary” and Albert Camus’ “The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays.”

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