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Madame Bovary Questions and Answers
The Question and Answer section for Madame Bovary is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Emma, who has no maternal instincts, allows her daughter, Berthe, to be raised by the house help.
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In my opinion, the thing that makes Emma most obviously provincial is her desire for money and her inability to understand the working of commerce.
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Madam "Madame Bovary" longs to escape the bourgeois provincialism. Educated in a convent and raised in the country, Emma marries Charles Bovary at a young age, Emma dreams of a more romantic, sophisticated, and passionate life, often lapsing into...
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