384 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141394671
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 07 August 2014
Description
Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, 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, in voraci...
Community Reviews Summary of 12,777 reviews
Moods
emotional 56%
sad 53%
dark 33%
challenging 26%
tense 18%
funny 8%
adventurous 3%
informative 3%
inspiring 2%
mysterious 2%
hopeful 1%
lighthearted 1%
relaxing 1%
Pace
medium 30%
fast 1%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 79% | A mix: 15% | Plot: 3%Strong character development?
No: 37% | It's complicated: 30% | Yes: 30%Loveable characters?
No: 56% | It's complicated: 34% | Yes: 8%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 82% | Yes: 9% | N/A: 4% | It's complicated: 3%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 94% | It's complicated: 4%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Suicide, Death, InfidelityModerate
Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual contentMinor
Racial slurs, Child abuse, Death of parent
384 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141394671
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 07 August 2014
Description
Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, 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, in voraci...
Community Reviews Summary of 12,777 reviews
Moods
emotional 56%
sad 53%
dark 33%
challenging 26%
tense 18%
funny 8%
adventurous 3%
informative 3%
inspiring 2%
mysterious 2%
hopeful 1%
lighthearted 1%
relaxing 1%
Pace
medium 30%
fast 1%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 79% | A mix: 15% | Plot: 3%Strong character development?
No: 37% | It's complicated: 30% | Yes: 30%Loveable characters?
No: 56% | It's complicated: 34% | Yes: 8%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 82% | Yes: 9% | N/A: 4% | It's complicated: 3%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 94% | It's complicated: 4%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Suicide, Death, InfidelityModerate
Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual contentMinor
Racial slurs, Child abuse, Death of parent