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#OTD in 1857
Gustave Flaubert's pioneering realist novel Madame Bovary is acquitted (but censured) on charges of offending morals & religion from its 1856 expurgated serialization. It is published complete in book form in April by Michel Lévy Frères in Paris.
On publication, the novel was attacked for immorality and obscenity. Flaubert's trial, which began in January 1857, publicized the story in France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Bovary
Madame Bovary at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14155
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Gustave Flaubert's pioneering realist novel Madame Bovary is acquitted (but censured) on charges of offending morals & religion from its 1856 expurgated serialization. It is published complete in book form in April by Michel Lévy Frères in Paris.
On publication, the novel was attacked for immorality and obscenity. Flaubert's trial, which began in January 1857, publicized the story in France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Bovary
Madame Bovary at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14155
#books #literature