Madame Bovary is a novel written by French writer Flaubert.
The work tells the story of Emma, a peasant woman with aristocratic education. She looked down on her husband Bovary, who was a rural doctor, and dreamed of legendary love. However, her double deception did not bring her happiness, but made her the object of usury. In the end, she was heavily in debt and had no choice but to commit suicide by taking poison.
What is written here is a very common peach incident in life and literary works, but the author's brush strokes perceive a sensitive area that others have not yet touched. Emma's death is not only her own tragedy, but also the tragedy of that era. The author describes the process of the protagonist's emotional degeneration with delicate brushstrokes, and tries to find the social root of this tragedy.
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Charlie Bovary is the son of a military doctor. His talent is not high, but he is diligent, honest and cowardly. Father doesn't attach importance to education. At the age of twelve, his mother won the right to go to school for him and later became a doctor.
At this time, his parents found a widow with an annual income of 1200 francs-Mrs. Dolby as his wife. She is forty-five, old and ugly, "withered like firewood, and her face is like spring buds." But because she is rich, there is no shortage of husbands to choose from.
After she married Charlie, she became the master who controlled him: Charlie wanted to dress according to her wishes and forced patients who owed money to do things according to her orders; She opened his letter and eavesdropped on his treatment of women through the partition.
One day, Dr. Charlie received an urgent letter asking him to go to Baierdou to treat Mr. Fu Nong Luo, who had a broken leg. Luo is a stout man in his fifties. His wife died two years ago. The family is taken care of by her only daughter Emma.
This is a girl with romantic temperament. Her cheeks are rosy, her hair is black, and she wears it in a big bun at the back of her head. Her eyes are beautiful. Because of her eyelashes, her brown looks black. She "looks at you carefree, with a look of innocence and audacity". She left a deep impression on Charlie.
After treating Luo, Charlie promised to visit him three days later, and he went the next day. Since then, he has been there twice a week. It took 46 days to heal Luo's leg.