Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary is an enduring literary classic by the French writer Gustave Flaubert. Due to its adultery content. It was once banned by the French government. In its portrayal of bourgeois mentalities, Madame Bovary came to be seen as both the principal masterpiece of realism and the work that established the realist movement on the European scene. The novel was also notable for the brilliance of its style, its carefully cadenced prose drawing comparisons to poetry. Flaubert placed great importance on style, and he spent some five years on Madame Bovary, constantly rewriting it.