Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Series: The 10 Greatest Books of All Time http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1578073,00.html#ixzz2DitztA29 Virtual Entertainment, 2013 The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Flaubert was a notorious