Madame Bovary

[ boh-vuh-ree ]

noun

1. a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.

Madame Bovary

1. A novel by Gustave Flaubert . The title character , dissatisfied with her marriage, seeks happiness in adultery and finally commits suicide.

Example Sentences

Lacey Noonan's A Gronking to Remember makes 50 Shades of Grey look like Madame Bovary in terms of its literary sophistication.

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One could just as easily be reading Madame Bovary on the subway as Wild Western Nights, and no one else has to be the wiser.

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True confession: I hated Madame Bovary, sacrilegious as that sounds.

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If 'Fanny' strikes you, 'Madame Bovary' will thunder-strike you.

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He fears the tragic satire of Madame Bovary no more than a good pedestrian fears the east wind.

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I had to see what success Madame Bovary had with all the clever people of society to believe in the success of Fanny.

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We had left the owner with a reading-lamp at the head of his couch, and a copy of "Madame Bovary" to pass the time.

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Madame Bovary noticed that many ladies had not put their gloves in their glasses.

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