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384 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141394671
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 07 August 2014
Description
Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voraci...
Community Reviews Summary of 18,848 reviews
Moods
reflective 59%
sad 54%
dark 33%
challenging 23%
tense 20%
funny 9%
adventurous 4%
informative 3%
inspiring 2%
mysterious 2%
hopeful 1%
lighthearted 1%
relaxing 1%
Pace
medium 33%
fast 2%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 80% | A mix: 16% | Plot: 2%Strong character development?
No: 38% | Yes: 31% | It's complicated: 29%Loveable characters?
No: 58% | It's complicated: 33% | Yes: 7%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 78% | Yes: 11% | It's complicated: 4% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 95% | It's complicated: 3%Average rating
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Graphic
Suicide, Infidelity, DeathModerate
Medical contentMinor
Racial slurs384 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141394671
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 07 August 2014
Description
Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voraci...
Community Reviews Summary of 18,848 reviews
Moods
reflective 59%
sad 54%
dark 33%
challenging 23%
tense 20%
funny 9%
adventurous 4%
informative 3%
inspiring 2%
mysterious 2%
hopeful 1%
lighthearted 1%
relaxing 1%
Pace
medium 33%
fast 2%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 80% | A mix: 16% | Plot: 2%Strong character development?
No: 38% | Yes: 31% | It's complicated: 29%Loveable characters?
No: 58% | It's complicated: 33% | Yes: 7%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 78% | Yes: 11% | It's complicated: 4% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 95% | It's complicated: 3%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Suicide, Infidelity, DeathModerate
Medical contentMinor
Racial slurs