![]() ![]() ![]() His legs, in blue stockings, looked out from beneath yellow trousers, drawn tight by braces, He wore stout, ill-cleaned, hob-nailed boots. Although he was not broad-shouldered, his short school jacket of green cloth with black buttons must have been tight about the arm-holes, and showed at the opening of the cuffs red wrists accustomed to being bare. His hair was cut square on his forehead like a village chorister’s he looked reliable, but very ill at ease. The new fellow, standing in the corner behind the door so that he could hardly be seen, was a country lad of about fifteen, and taller than any of us. If his work and conduct are satisfactory, he will go into one of the upper classes, as becomes his age. Monsieur Roger, here is a pupil whom I recommend to your care he’ll be in the second. Then, turning to the class-master, he said to him in a low voice. The head-master made a sign to us to sit down. Those who had been asleep woke up, and every one rose as if just surprised at his work. We were in class when the head-master came in, followed by a new fellow, not wearing the school uniform, and a school servant carrying a large desk. Interactive Bilingual Edition (English / French)Įditorial note: This eBook is an exact transcription of the original text. The celebrated short story writer Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. The story begins and ends with Charles Bovary, a stolid, kindhearted man without much ability or ambition. Madame Bovary takes place in provincial northern France, near the town of Rouen in Normandy. Flaubert was a notorious perfectionist and claimed always to be searching for le mot juste ("the precise word"). Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Madame Bovary is the French writer Gustave Flaubert's debut novel. This carefully crafted ebook: "Madame Bovary - Interactive Bilingual Edition (English / French)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. ![]()
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