Madame Bovary

French author Gustave Flaubert wrote the book Madame Bovary, which was first published in 1856. In it, the main protagonist overspends in an attempt to escape the tedium and emptiness of provincial life. The events of Madame Bovary occur in rural Northern France, close to the city of Rouen in Normandy. A bashful, eccentrically dressed kid struggles to earn a mediocre medical degree and joins the Public Health Service as an Officier de santé. He weds Hélose Dubuc, an unpleasant but ostensibl...