Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert · 1856 · Fiction
Full text · 35 chaptersNarrated in your voice
Public domain · added by Library
What it's about
A country doctor's wife wants the life she has read about, and the book prosecutes her for it with a precision that got Flaubert himself prosecuted. Every sentence was weighed; you can feel it, and it never turns cold.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Anyone who has wanted a different life than the one arranged - Readers who care about prose as craft - Anyone approaching the realist novel
What’s inside
Showing the first 24 of 35 chapters — open the book for the rest.
