Gustave Flaubert
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
This exquisite novel tells the story of one of the most compelling heroines in modern literature--Emma Bovary. Unhappily married to a devoted, clumsy provincial doctor, Emma revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing voluptuous dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous and sentimental desires lead her only to suffering corruption and downfall.--Amazon.
Author
Language
English
Description
Félicité is a French maid, who is devoted to helping her mistress and her two children navigate their new life following her husband's untimely death. Despite her lack of formal skills, Félicité is an endearing figure who brings warmth and stability into their lives.
In nineteenth-century France, Félicité works as a loyal housemaid to her mistress, Madame Aubain. She tends to her two children and is a constant source of support for the family....
Author
Language
Français
Description
Extrait : "MUREL : Pierre, o est M. Rousselin ? PIERRE : Dans son cabinet, monsieur, Murel ; ces dames sont dans le parc avec leur Anglaise et M Onésime... de Bouvigny ! MUREL : Ah ! cette espèce de séminariste à moitié gandin. J'attendrai qu'il soit parti, car sa vue seule me déplaît tellement !..."
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Author
Language
English
Description
Based on the classic novel by Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary tells the tale of Emma Bovary, who is romantic by nature, and believes herself the equal of the heroines depicted in the romantic novels she reads. When she moves to a rural town in France, she finds herself utterly bored by country and small-town life. Although her husband is a good man, Emma has no respect for him. Eventually she takes a lover, and wants him to give up everything for...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Little women: The March sisters in an Academy Award winning version of the cherished Louisa May Alcott novel. Pride and prejudice: Mr. Darcy sets maiden hearts aflutter, except that of Elizabeth Bennett. Madame Bovary: All she wanted was everything. Anna Karenina: Garbo risks all for the perfect love in Tolstoy's tale of romance and Imperial Russia.