403 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 15,1856
The daughter of a French farmer, she is beautiful but socially ambitious. She is portrayed as an irresponsible, immature, and neurotic woman who is unable to adjust to the realities of her life....
A dull but sincere man, he is a doctor in rural France. A visit to a farmer with a broken leg lead to his marriage to Emma Rouault, whose social ambitions are far greater than his own....
The town apothecary for Yonville-lAbbaye, he is a pompous man who practices medicine illegally.more...
Emma and Charles Bovarys daughter.more...
A wealthy landowner with an estate near Yonville....
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