MADAME BOVARY

MADAME BOVARY
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The story starts as we see Charles Bovary entering a new school in the town of Rouen in
France. People laugh at him because he isn't sure what to do and how to act. He is the son of a
doting mother and a very strict father. Charles isn't sure what to do with his life and
therefore does as his mother advices him; to go to medical school. He fails at first because he
didn't work for it in class, but the second time he does and he passes the exam and becomes a
doctor in the town of Tostes. He is well liked in town because people see him as a hard working
man. Because he is still single and his mother thinks he shouldn't be, she arranges a marriage
only for the money with an ungly widow, Heloise Dubuc.

One day Charles is called to a farm because someone
has broken his leg. On the farm he meets Emma Rouault, the daughter of the farm owner. He likes
her very much and keeps coming back to her father to check up on his leg, even after his leg has
fully healed. They get on very well and they dicide to get married, even with protest of his
former wife which dies soon after because of a stroke. They arrange a huge wedding and loads of
people are invited to it. They party on for days and days and there's food enough for a whole
army. Because his practice isn't where the farmer lives, they return to Tostes. And this is
where are the misery starts for Emma. When Charles is out in the country for house visits, Emma
just sits at home ...

MADAME BOVARY

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