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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. Special Edition. The Heritage Press, Norwalk, CT. 1978. Hardcover. Special Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; suntoning to spine; light shelfwear. No DJ. No Slipcase. Lavender cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; gilt decorations on the front and rear board. Sandglass insert is laid in front. 348 pp 4to. Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. When the novel was first serialized in La Revue de Paris between 1 October 1856 and 15 December 1856, public prosecutors attacked the novel for obscenity. The resulting trial in January 1857 made the story notorious. After Flaubert's acquittal on 7 February 1857, Madame Bovary became a bestseller in April 1857 when it was published in two volumes. A seminal work of literary realism, the novel is now considered Flaubert's masterpiece, and one of the most influential literary works in history. A clean very presentable copy. No International Shipping. Priority mailing will require additional postage. Pierre Brissaud (illustratore).…