Madame Bovary | Study Guide

Gustave Flaubert

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Overview

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Author

Gustave Flaubert

Year Published

1856

Type

Novel

Genre

Tragedy

Perspective and Narrator

Madame Bovary is told by a third-person omniscient narrator.

Tense

Madame Bovary is written in the present tense.

About the Title

Madame Bovary is the name of the novel's main character. The use of Madame (Mrs.), rather than the character's first name, emphasizes the effect of an unhappy marriage on the main character.

Diagrams

Charles Bovary Unskilled town doctor Emma Bovary Bored, dissatisfied woman Spouses Causes financial ruin Lends money Friends Lovers Lovers Monsieur Lheureux Manipulative moneylender Rodolphe Boulanger Wealthy landowner Léon Dupuis Romantic law clerk Monsieur Homais Self-serving pharmacist
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Summary

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Characters

Emma Bovary Charles Bovary Monsieur Homais Léon Dupuis Rodolphe Boulanger Monsieur Lheureux

Symbols

Blind Beggar Wedding Bouquet Material Objects

Themes

Desire and Dissatisfaction Power and Helplessness Freedom and Confinement
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