The novel 'Madame Bovary,' once condemned for its attack on public morality, has shocked and delighted readers for a century and a half.
Dreams of an 'ideal marriage' are shattered; Emma's invented 'prince' turns out to be a boring provincial doctor, and she, suffocated in a dull, joyless marriage, in despair begins to seek happiness in 'romantic' love affairs...
Such is the plot of one of the most significant works in the history of French literature—a masterpiece about the 'little tragedy' of a young woman, which has been filmed many times.