Madame Bovary: The Tragedy of Emma Bovary's Relationships with Herself and Others Madame Bovary is a narrative which compels the reader to keep turning the pages once he has begun reading. There are no screaming car chases, no resourceful detectives, no horrifying surprises, and no terrifying secrets to capture the reader's attention and rivet him to the page: There is only a tragic, well-written, delightfully descriptive narrative about a woman who was raised in the …showed first 75 words of 2281 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2281 total…love of her own as a woman. Madame Bovary continues to be a mesmerizing tale of a woman's tragic relationships–-perhaps because many readers see in Emma some of their own faults. The reader of Madame Bovary cannot help but be shaken by the anguished drama of Emma's life. Emma's woeful ghost lingers after the last pages of the book have been turned–-a bleak warning that relationships are made to be nourished, not abused.