Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Attacked by public prosecutors for obscenity upon its publication in 1856, Flaubert's debut novel went on to become a bestseller. A tale of stifling provincial life and bourgeois adultery, it established psychological realism at the core of narrative fiction and is usually listed among the finest novels of all time. As recommended by Henry James, Vladimir Nabokov and Milan Kundera, among many others. The unique cover designs of this series take the presentation of literary classics to new heights.