Emma Bovary is the original desperate housewife. Beautiful but bored, she spends lavishly on clothes and on her home and embarks on two disappointing affairs in an effort to make her life everything she believes it should be. Soon heartbroken and crippled by debts, she takes drastic action, with tragic consequences for her husband and daughter.
The Easton Press published this beautiful vintage leather bound edition of Madame Bovary in 1975, featuring illustrations commissioned exclusively for this edition.
Leather bound, gilt pages, attached satin ribbon bookmark. Hardcover in excellent condition.