Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy · 19th Century · Novel / novella
Realism · Novel
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert. Emma Bovary’s romantic fantasies collide with provincial marriage, debt, and the unforgiving texture of ordinary life.
- Date
- 1857
- Origin
- France
- Era
- Realism
- Genre
- Novel
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
Emma Bovary’s romantic fantasies collide with provincial marriage, debt, and the unforgiving texture of ordinary life.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of great books / bloom. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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