1. Madame Bovary by Gustav Flaubert
For it deals not in the least, as to unapproachability, with things exalted or refined; it only confers on its sufficiently vulgar elements of exhibition a final unsurpassable form " (Norton Critical Edition, 414). ... The novel neither praises nor condemns the actions of the selfish, flighty, confused protagonist, but instead presents them with an ambiguous stance. ...
- Word Count: 943
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: Undergraduate