Madame Bovary is the story of Emma, a beautiful, simple girl in the French province, who dreams of a utopian life, like the one described in romantic novels, full of intense emotions, luxuries, passions, and fiery loves.

However, her marriage to Charles Bovary, who is extremely devoted and gentle but boring as a husband, turns out to be anything but ideal and plunges her into the boredom and monotony of a pedestrian and meaningless life, as defined by social conventions and conservative ideas of hypocritical provincial society.

Emma will chase after the chimera, the dream, her fantasies of a great love in people who are, however, creations of the world she despises and detests. But when the masks fall and she sees the nakedness and poverty of their souls, which path will she follow to discover her own truth?

Merciless like a tragedy, violent like a vision, biting like a comedy, the common theme of adultery takes on deeply human dimensions in Flaubert's work. Corrosive and revolutionary, this masterpiece of naturalistic fiction brought a revolution to the writing style of the era, clashed with the forms of romanticism, and, with its uncompromising objectivity, sealed the beginning of a new era in literature.