Madame Bovary [antikvár]

TRANSLATONS INTRODUCTIONscholars with a calendrical turn of mind have computedthat the first scene of Madame BovaryCharles's entry into the classroomtakes place in October, 1827, and the last sceneCharles's deathin August, 1846. The married life of Charles and Emma extends over a period of nine years, beginning in 1837.In French history, this was the heyday of the "July Monarchy"the reign of King Louis-Philippe, who was brought to power by the Revolution of 1830 and ousted by the Revolution of 1848. Louis-Philippe was known as the "Citizen King"also as "The Pear," from the unfortu-nate resemblance of the shape of his head to the fruit whose name is sometimes used in France to denote a dull fellow.