In one scene in this novel, the title character's husband Charles ruins his reputation as a country doctor after a botched operation on Hippolyte's club foot.
Due to illness, this novel's protagonist moves to the small country town of Yonville. In one scene in this novel, the title character's husband Charles ruins his reputation as a country doctor after a botched operation on Hippolyte's club foot. The title character is frequently bored of her humdrum life, leading her to engage in extravagant affairs with men like Leon Dupis and Rodolphe Boulanger, who will not help her with her debts, leading to the title character's suicide. For 10 points, name this novel centering around Emma, a work by Gustave Flaubert.
Due to illness, this novel's protagonist moves to the small country town of Yonville.
{Madame Bovary}