Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of
literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes
educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers
alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer
and their work.
Emma Bovary is a bored housewife who indulges her romantic fantasies
with a series of adulterous affairs. Charged with obscenity when first
published, the novel became a literary scandal and a bestseller.
This edition includes:
- A concise introduction that gives the reader important background
information
- A chronology of the author's life and work
- A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical
context
- An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader's own
interpretations
- Detailed explanatory notes
- Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on
the work
- Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group
interaction
- A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's
experience