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Masters of the Word - Madame Bovary
The story of an unhappy married woman who defies the ordinariness and boredom of her life
Madame Bovary is a realistic novel from 1857 and is the author's first work. Flaubert's inspiration for the book came from a mention in a newspaper of the time about a country doctor's wife who had poisoned herself and whose death was preceded by marital drama. The protagonist of the novel is Emma Bovary, who marries a country doctor, and enters into the marriage with a lot of ideals, which she has picked up mainly from reading romantic books. Over time, she discovers that her romantic notions are very far from real life. Emma manages to find the passion and love she dreamed of in the arms of her lovers, but her enjoyment of her lover's love is short-lived and results in a tragic outcome.
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Gustave Flaubert
Flaubert was born in Rouen, France, into a family of doctors. After his studies at the lyceum, he continued his studies in law, which he had to discontinue for health reasons. Flaubert, who rejected the institution of marriage as a bourgeois relic and whose lifelong - but platonic - love was a woman 11 years his senior, devoted his life to literature and travel. He travelled through France, Italy, Greece, the Middle East and settled briefly in Tunisia. For his novel Madame Bovary, he was tried for insulting public morals and the institution of marriage. At trial, however, he persuaded the jury that his novel only referred to immorality and did not support it in any way, and he won the case.
Valérie Zawadská
A native of Šternberk, she accepted a position as an "elév" in the North Moravian Theatre in Šumperk after her studies at the grammar school. In 1978 she was admitted to DAMU, from which she graduated in 1982. In the same year, she joined the West Bohemian Theatre in Cheb, where she spent four years and in 1986 she was hired by the Municipal Theatres of Prague. Since 1994 he has been working "freelance". Currently Valérie is mainly involved in theatre and poetry, but she also works for radio, television, film and dubbing, and is also an interpreter of several audiobooks.
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