Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate its contents with profound dispassion, the author of Madame Bovary was tried for "offenses against morality and religion." What shocks us today about Flaubert's devastatingly realized tale of a young woman destroyed by the reckless pursuit of her romantic dreams is its pure artistry: the poise of its narrative structure, the opulence of its prose (marvelously captured in the English translation of Francis Steegmuller), and its creation of a world whose minor figures are as vital as its doomed heroine. In reading Madame Bovary, one experiences a work that remains genuinely revolutionary almost a century and a half after its creation.

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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	Madame Bovary (Wonders of the World)	Paperback	4139397	$0.01	$0.01	2002
	Madame Bovary (Collins Classics)	Kindle Edition	423490	$0.99		2012
	Madame Bovary	Mass Market Paperback	1987236	$465.23	$0.01
	Madame Bovary (Great Illustrated Classics)	Hardcover	7198122	$83.95	$3.63
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	437485	$17.99		2014
	Madame Bovary	Mass Market Paperback	779184	$1.34	$0.01	2005
	Madame Bovary (New York Public Library Collector's Editions)	Hardcover	819507	$3.48	$0.01	1997
	Madame Bovary (Signet classics)	Mass Market Paperback	1007936	$4.74	$0.01	1964
	Madame Bovary: (Langue Française) (French Edition)	Paperback	1181784	$7.30		2017
	Madame Bovary : Provincial Manners : Complete, Unabridged, And Uncensored	Paperback	3056245	$7.36	$0.36	2009
	Madame Bovary - Full Version (Annotated) (Literary Classics Collection)	Kindle Edition	32339	$0.99		2011
	Madame Bovary (Penguin Classics)	Kindle Edition	63693	$5.99		2007
	Madame Bovary (Penguin Designer Classics)	Hardcover	4630404	$593.12	$593.14	2006
	Madame Bovary: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)	Kindle Edition	67021	$10.99		2010
	Madame Bovary (Vintage Classics)	Kindle Edition	323355	$5.12		2013
	Madame Bovary: Patterns of Provincial Life (Everyman's Library)	Hardcover	854927	$9.25	$0.01	1993
	Madame Bovary: A Dual-Language Book (English - French)	Paperback	1069649	$27.00	$28.29	2018
	Madame Bovary: Moeurs De Province (French Edition)	Paperback	5943895	$19.99	$15.00	2010
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	1030683	$5.89		2016
	Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners	Hardcover	7214024	$22.73	$0.01	1983
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	855348	$17.20	$12.00	2021
	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert	Hardcover	1271344	$13.99	$7.20	2021
	Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners (Oxford World's Classics)	Kindle Edition	286274			2004
	Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	352152	$4.93	$2.98	2008
	Madame Bovary (Oxford World's Classics)	Hardcover	790382	$2.99	$0.22	2004
	Madame Bovary (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	1635000	$13.87	$0.01	2005
	Madame Bovary	Mass Market Paperback	891539	$438.90	$0.01	1982
	Madame Bovary (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	1615387	$0.99		2014
	Madame Bovary (Arabic edition)	Paperback	1210551	$19.90		2017
	Madame Bovary (Illustrated with 12 original illustrations)	Kindle Edition	248787			2010
	Madame Bovary (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	311463	$11.67		2014
	Madame Bovary (Hackett Classics)	Kindle Edition	1104597			2010
	Madame Bovary: Provincial Lives	Hardcover	7947113	$33.25	$44.55	2009
	Madame Bovary: (Movie Tie-In)	Paperback	700838	$12.82		2015
	Madame Bovary (Wordsworth Classics)	Paperback	3398244	$0.24	$0.01	1998
	Madame Bovary,	Hardcover	7534469		$11.95
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	5568992	$39.98	$21.32	2010
	Madame Bovary illustree (French Edition)	Paperback	529583	$16.00		2021
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Paperback	472014	$11.41	$12.78	2013
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Kindle Edition	985862			2016
	Madame Bovary (Enriched Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	796209	$4.07	$2.00	2007
	MADAME BOVARY (illustrated, complete, and unabridged)	Kindle Edition	173614	$0.99		2013
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	645851	$8.69	$2.38	2014
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	424684	$23.82	$12.83	2010
	Madame Bovary (Spanish Edition)	Kindle Edition	18300	$1.34		2014
	Madame Bovary	Audio CD	700083	$11.40	$15.00	2009
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	4730423	$13.49	$12.75	2007
	Madame Bovary	Kindle Edition	517589	$0.99		2013
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	657412	$5.00	$1.70	2013
	Madame Bovary	Kindle Edition	370922	$2.99		2014
	Madame Bovary: Optimized for ebook. Illustrated	Kindle Edition	249716			2016
	Madame Bovary (Spanish Edition): Novela Clásica de Gustave Flaubert | (Spanish Version)	Paperback	964871	$10.90		2020
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Paperback	3072625	$24.99		2020
	Madame Bovary	Mass Market Paperback	692934	$1.87	$0.01	1964
	Madame Bovary: Life in a Country Town (Oxford World's Classics)	Hardcover	3741482	$2.97	$0.01	1999
	Madame Bovary	Audible Audio Edition	30328	$14.95		2008
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Kindle Edition	286695			2015
	Madame Bovary (Signet Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	78340	$2.50	$1.94	2012
	Madame Bovary Illustree (French Edition)	Paperback	1847661	$14.00		2021
	Madame Bovary (Folio Society in slipcase)	Hardcover	4454319	$45.95	$16.49
	Madame Bovary (Collector's Library)	Hardcover	100456	$3.92	$0.01	2009
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	392203	$8.50	$9.37	2016
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	3007874	$21.50	$0.01	1957
	Madame Bovary	Kindle Edition	1418520			2016
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Paperback	1512288	$30.99		2020
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	1159276	$6.78	$4.09	2012
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	600650	$8.16	$10.81	2015
	Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life	Paperback	6449543		$8.93	2009
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	2333420		$0.29	1957
	Madame Bovary Illustree (French Edition)	Paperback	1351379	$13.99		2021
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	390464	$4.99		2017
	MADAME BOVARY (Bilingual Edition: English-French): A Classic of French Literature from the prolific French writer, known for Salammbô, Sentimental Education, ... et Pécuchet, November and Three Tales	Kindle Edition	342364			2017
	Madame Bovary	Audible Audio Edition	21029	$21.83		2015
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	4562792	$161.00	$17.72	2011
	Madame Bovary	Audible Audio Edition	173913	$20.95		2015
	-Madame Bovary- (French Edition)	Kindle Edition	245508			2017
	Madame Bovary	Audible Audio Edition	94357	$1.95		2012
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Paperback	515821	$8.99	$11.96	2016
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Kindle Edition	185030			2016
	Madame Bovary (Modern Library Classics)	Kindle Edition	331243			2013
	Madame Bovary (Classic Fiction)	Audio CD	1359604	$7.65	$5.11	1999
	Madame Bovary (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	255593	$0.99		2014
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Paperback	838750	$15.50		2020
	Madame Bovary	Mass Market Paperback	241421	$6.52	$9.32	2014
	Madame Bovary (Classic Books on CD Collection) [UNABRIDGED]	Audio CD	3874601	$23.98	$24.98	2012
	Madame Bovary	Kindle Edition	343896			2013
	Madame Bovary (Classics on Cassette)	Audio CD	4846648	$9.94	$0.75	1992
	Madame Bovary (Mint Editions)	Hardcover	1215389	$15.46	$19.99	2021
	Madame Bovary : Suivi des Actes du procès	Paperback	1219452	$30.00	$0.88
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	506394	$8.62		2016
	Madame Bovary (Dover Thrift Editions)	Kindle Edition	956530	$2.80		2012
	Madame Bovary (Illustrated) + Free Audiobook - Annea Classics	Kindle Edition	184901			2017
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	567090	$17.25		2017
	Madame Bovary: By Gustave Flaubert (Illustrated + Unabridged + Active Contents)	Kindle Edition	158266			2016
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	838712	$15.45	$18.48	1856
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Kindle Edition	1296304			2012
	Madame Bovary	Audible Audio Edition	96683	$27.55		1999
	Madame Bovary: Life in a Country Town	Paperback	4829462	$16.14	$3.87	2009
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	46497	$4.99		2018
	Madame Bovary	Kindle Edition	311471			2017
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	656713	$7.99		2017
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	5136860	$25.94	$8.00
	Madame Bovary	Audio CD	9274423	$12.72	$11.73
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Kindle Edition	468556			2017
	Madame Bovary (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	421475	$7.49	$9.00	2013
	Madame Bovary (Spanish Edition)	Kindle Edition	329230			2016
	Madame Bovary (Collins Classics)	Paperback	1472003	$1.86	$0.01	2011
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	1922114	$69.96	$12.79
	Madame Bovary (Le Livre de Poche) (French Edition)	Mass Market Paperback	1460540	$2.95	$0.01	1972
	Madame Bovary (AmazonClassics Edition)	Paperback	916154	$7.99		2017
	Madame Bovary (Barnes & Noble Classics)	Paperback	573622	$4.00	$1.06	2005
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	671908	$4.94		2013
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	938268	$7.99		2017
	Madame Bovary: Life in a Country Town	Mass Market Paperback	8731955		$4.50	1970
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	730680	$10.99		2017
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	190291	$8.79		2017
	Madame Bovary (Unabridged and Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	212338			2017
	Madame Bovary	Mass Market Paperback	934890	$100.91	$0.01
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	1359677		$4.98
	Madame Bovary.	Paperback	1513031		$0.22
	Madame Bovary (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	39702	$4.12	$1.91	2002
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Paperback	847316	$7.59		2017
	Madame Bovary (Dover Thrift Editions)	Paperback	577884	$3.99	$0.10	2017
	Madame Bovary - Illustrated Edition	Kindle Edition	443477			2017
	Madame Bovary (Arcturus Paperback Classics)	Paperback	3922463	$2.94	$0.01	2009
	Madame Bovary: (Spanish Edition) Un amor prohibido (Novela Clásica de Gustave Flaubert)	Paperback	978963	$12.99		2021
	Madame Bovary (Chiltern Classic)	Hardcover	359484	$16.94	$19.75	2020
	Madame Bovary, mœurs de province: suivi des Actes du procès (GF) (French Edition)	Kindle Edition	1999068			2014
	Madame Bovary: spanish edition	Paperback	977427	$7.50	$22.00	2016
	Madame Bovary (Bantam Classics)	Paperback	37056	$3.98	$1.25	1982
	Madame Bovary	Kindle Edition	643730			2017
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	6188382		$3.99
	Madame Bovary (Folio Plus Classique) (French Edition)	Paperback	2295153	$7.17	$0.99	2004
	Madame Bovary (Macmillan Collector's Library)	Hardcover	457391	$8.69	$6.85	2017
	Madame Bovary: (Spanish Edition) (Worldwide Classics) /Con notas al pie	Paperback	865924	$14.90	$15.83	2018
	Madame Bovary (Penguin Clothbound Classics)	Hardcover	143136	$16.77	$17.98	2015
	Madame Bovary	Mass Market Paperback	11066132		$1.98
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	375958	$9.99	$4.99	2021
	Madame Bovary	Kindle Edition	374433			2020
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	537356	$8.54		2014
	Madame Bovary (Penguin Drop Caps)	Hardcover	242976	$10.21	$7.75	2012
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	723549	$35.64		2020
	Madame Bovary (Modern Library Classics)	Paperback	529312	$6.35	$6.23	2013
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Paperback	250568	$11.88	$11.82	2015
	Madame Bovary (Cronos Classics)	Kindle Edition	779601			2017
	Madame Bovary	Kindle Edition	105778			2019
	Madame Bovary (Folio (Gallimard)) (French Edition)	Paperback	751176	$4.68	$3.01	2001
	Madame Bovary (Petits Classiques Larousse) (French Edition)	Kindle Edition	1672631			2011
	Madame Bovary: - Edition illustrée par 12 gravures d'Albert Fourié (French Edition)	Paperback	683242	$13.71		2019
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	142537	$1.65	$0.01
	Madame Bovary (Penguin Red Classics)	Paperback	2128087	$12.00	$0.54	2007
	Madame Bovary	Hardcover	92162	$23.95	$3.02	2010
	Madame Bovary (Vintage Classics)	Paperback	19188	$5.03	$0.01	1991
	Madame Bovary (Modern Library College)	Paperback	2649376	$2.00	$0.01	1982
	Madame Bovary	Kindle Edition	331130	$0.99		2012
	Madame Bovary (Norton Critical Editions)	Paperback	73397	$11.99	$11.98	2004
	Madame Bovary: A novel by Gustave Flaubert (English-language translation by Eleanor Marx-Aveling)	Paperback	903051	$9.50		2015
	Madame Bovary (Global Classics)	Paperback	136919	$8.99	$9.15	2018
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Paperback	661408	$6.49	$3.96	1976
	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert	Kindle Edition	311505	$3.99		2020
	Madame Bovary: Gustave Flaubert (French Edition)	Paperback	2889848	$21.46		2020
	Madame Bovary	Kindle Edition	262034	$3.99		2020
	Madame Emma Bovary: En español contemporáneo (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	1796738	$18.99	$19.47	2018
	Madame Bovary: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)	Paperback	130902	$10.94	$4.24	2011
	Madame Bovary: 150th Anniversary	Kindle Edition	151412	$5.12		2001
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	587681	$9.99	$7.50	2009
	Madame Bovary	Audible Audio Edition	10236	$28.95		2014
	Madame Bovary (Classics)	Paperback	2281153		$0.01
	Madame Bovary	Kindle Edition	288704	$1.59		2014
	Madame Bovary (Petits Classiques) (French Edition)	Mass Market Paperback	922210	$5.47	$0.26	2011
	Madame Bovary	Paperback	1014552		$3.98	1992
	Madame Bovary (Illustrated) + Free Audiobook	Kindle Edition	460161			2016
	Madame Bovary / CDMP3 (French Edition)	Audio CD	5274302	$26.25	$25.25	2012
	Madame Bovary: Édition abrégée (Reclams Rote Reihe – Fremdsprachentexte) (French Edition)	Kindle Edition	1164673			2014
	Madame Bovary (Translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling with an Introduction by Ferdinand Brunetiere)	Kindle Edition	2037579			2015
	Madame Bovary (Illustrated) + Free Audiobook - Chrysta Classics	Kindle Edition	226799			2017
	Madame Bovary	Audible Audio Edition	33791	$22.58		2015
	Madame Bovary	Audible Audio Edition	79216	$16.95		2015
	Madame Bovary (French Edition)	Paperback	256858	$12.99		2017
	Madame Bovary	Audible Audio Edition	19452	$20.95		2010
	Madame Bovary (Xist Classics)	Kindle Edition	223008			2015
	Madame Bovary (Classiques) (French Edition)	Kindle Edition	1280904			2013
	MADAME BOVARY (French Language)	Paperback	2704721	$6.99	$0.01
	French Classics in French and English: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (Dual-Language Book) (French Edition)	Paperback	541744	$16.00	$11.18	2010