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A deeply layered novel about love that the author would rather live than write about.
English teacher Alfie Budd in Hong Kong found the perfect woman, married her, and decided to spend the rest of his life with her. Then he lost her and continued to live in the belief that life doesn't give you two chances for that kind of love.
The novel follows the life of Emma Bovary, a young woman trapped in the monotony of provincial life and her own romantic illusions. Flaubert criticizes romantic ideals and social hypocrisy, showing the tragic consequences of Emma's escape from reality.
Tilly Begshaw's student years at Cambridge served partly as a prose backdrop within which she built the plot of the novel Scandalous.