{"product_id":"madame-bovary-by-gustave-flaubert-9780140449129","title":"Madame Bovary","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Emma Bovary, a beautiful and bored woman 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, voracious spending, and eventually, in adultery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, even her affairs bring her disappointment, and the consequences are devastating. Flaubert's erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of Emma Bovary caused a moral outcry upon its publication in 1857. It was so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: \u003cem\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/em\u003e, c'est moi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46495170167020,"sku":"9780140449129","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27379063482237.jpg?v=1748470693","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/madame-bovary-by-gustave-flaubert-9780140449129","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}