Madame Bovary
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Gustave Flaubert's takes place in Tostes and Yonville in the middle of the nineteenth century and examines the Petite Bourgeois society of southern, rural France. Emma, the protagonist, marries Dr. Charles Bovary and settles in Tostes. At first, she is excited and pleased with her marriage, but ....
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.... enough money to pay the bills and even resorts to Rodolphe and Leon for help, not neither are willing to aid her. Out of shame, Emma poisons herself and suffers a painful death. Shortly afterward, Charles dies. Emma searches for "happiness, passion, and intoxication" (55) because she cannot accept her status in the Petite Bourgeois society. First, through her affair with Rodolphe, and then Leon, Emma tries to escape the rural dullness of her life, but ultimately fails.
's affair with Rodolph ....
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Word count: 560
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)