Course Hero. (2016, December 12). Madame Bovary Study Guide. In Course Hero. Retrieved October 20, 2018, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Madame-Bovary/
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Bibliography
Course Hero. "Madame Bovary Study Guide." December 12, 2016. Accessed October 20, 2018. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Madame-Bovary/.
Footnote
Course Hero, "Madame Bovary Study Guide," December 12, 2016, accessed October 20, 2018, https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Madame-Bovary/.
Overview
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.
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