Madame Bovary
- 306
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- Film 1970 +11
- On screen
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Our view
Flaubert’s portrait of a woman who measures her provincial marriage against the novels she has read still feels uncomfortably modern. The prose is a pleasure, exact and unhurried, but the story is a painful one: Emma’s self-absorption and the fate of her dull, devoted husband are hard to watch. Best for readers who do not need to like a heroine to be held by her.
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About the book
Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners, commonly known as simply Madame Bovary, is the début novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, originally published in 1856 and 1857. The eponymous character, Emma Bovary, lives beyond her means in order to escape the ennui of provincial life.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 12 times — from 1932 to 2014.
- FilmRyan's DaughterIMDb
- FilmMadame BovaryIMDb
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- FilmMaya MemsaabIMDb
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- FilmAnuradhaIMDb
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- FilmThe Reasons of the HeartIMDb
- FilmUnholy LoveIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 543 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 79% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.5 | 56 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 487 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is Madame Bovary?
It has 306 pages — longer than 64% of the ranked books in Classics.
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