Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Series: The 10 Greatest Books of All Time http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1578073,00.html#ixzz2DitztA29 Virtual Entertainment, 2013 The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Flaubert was a notorious perfectionist and claimed always to be searching for le mot juste ("the right word"). — Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cover and App icon is a frame with Isabelle Huppert of movie "Madame Bovary" 1991, Director: Claude Chabrol. Look for other books on our site http://books.virenter.com/