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        Madame Bovary


        setting

        Northern France

        time

        1800s

        language

        French

        region

        Western Europe

        year published

        1857

        page count

        214

        difficulty

        Advanced

        main characters

        Emma Bovary, Charles Bovary, Rodolphe Boulanger

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        We were at prep, when the head came in, followed by a new boy not in uniform and a school-servant carrying a big desk. Those who had been asleep woke up, and every boy rose to his feet as though surprised in his labours.

        last lines

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