Beskrivning
Beskrivning
’She wanted to die, and she wanted to live in Paris.’This is the story of Emma, trapped in a disappointing marriage with a dullcountry doctor, she dreams for a life more like the sentimental novels she reads.In an attempt to break from the drab reality of her provincial life in Normandy,Emma takes a lover, and disaster soon follows.Greedy, delusional and selfish, the character of Emma Bovary scandalisedreaders from the novel’s first publication in 1857, yet her magnetism isundeniable. A landmark work in modern realism, Madame Bovary vibrates withthe inner life of a woman hungry for more.Meet ten of literature’smost iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraitsbyfemale photographers from around the world.
