Madame Bovary has emerged over time as one of the greatest portraits of narcissism and self-centeredness ever conceived.

It reveals the astounding range, subtlety, artistry, and depth of a true original, Gustave Flaubert, author of Memoirs of a Madman, The Temptation of Saint Anthony, November, and countless other literary masterpieces.

Published in hundreds of editions and translated into virtually every modern language, it has not been out of print since 1856.
 

GUSTAVE FLAUBERT (1821–1880) was a French author widely considered to be one of the greatest novelists in Western literature.