Written by Gustave Flaubert - Audio book performed by Imogen Stubbs

Abridged Fiction - 4 CASSETTES - 4 hours, 40 minutes

Publisher, Naxos Audiobooks (August 1999)

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One of the great novels of nineteenth-century France, Flaubert draws a deeply-felt but sympathetic portrait of a woman who, having warned a country doctor and found herself unhappy with a rural, genteel existence, longs for love and excitement. Her aspirations and her desires lead her into a tragic spiral downwards.

About the Author: Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was born in Rouen, France. Published in 1857, Madame Bovary gained popularity after a failed attempt to ban it for obscenity. Salammbô (1862), Sentimental Education (1869), and the political play The Candidate (1874) met with criticism and misconceptions. Only after the publication of Three Tales in 1877 was Flaubert's genius publicly acknowledged.

About the Performer: Imogen Stubbs has worked extensively on stage in the West End and across the country, with major roles in A Streetcar Named Desire opposite Jessica Lange, Uncle Vanya, Othello, Heartbreak House and the title role in St Joan. Her major film credits include Viola in Twelfth Night, Sense and Sensibility, and Jack and Sarah. She has been seen on TV in her own detective series Anna Lee, as well as After the Dance, The Rainbow, and The Browning Version.