{"product_id":"august-19th-book-club","title":"August Book Club - 19th","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003eWednesday 19th August Book Club- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[ lg:columns-2 lg:gap-gutter-lg ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-wysiwyg lg:c-wysiwyg--tight-spacing\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin us to discuss this book - the evening chat will be led by journalist Catherine Larner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlaubert's erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of a married woman's affair caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857. Its heroine, Emma Bovary, is stifled by provincial life as the wife of a doctor. An ardent devourer of sentimental novels, she seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut even her affairs bring her disappointment, and when real life continues to fail to live up to her romantic expectations, the consequences are devastating. It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: 'Madame Bovary, c'est moi.'Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Geoffrey Wall With a Preface by Michèle Roberts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe have chosen this title as we want to prepare for Elif Shafak's next book\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\"\u003e In One Brief Moment All Eternity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmark data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);' data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-complete=\"true\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjdltTqr-mVAxVrXEEAHcYPC4MQuJAPegoIAggACAEICBAB\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-wiz-uids=\"lwoIne_k\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" class=\"HxTRcb\"\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf lwoIne_j\/HugV6--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb lwoIne_j\/HugV6--\u003e\u003c\/mark\u003e officially releasing on October 15, 2026 - an epic meditation on storytelling, focusing on the iconic author Gustave Flaubert and the real and fictional women who shaped his life and literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ottie and the Bea","offers":[{"title":"book and ticket","offer_id":56588947751287,"sku":"15251","price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"ticket","offer_id":56588947784055,"sku":"15252","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1885\/4877\/files\/B6DAB9F8-22DE-4A72-B4EC-8751611E6D6C.jpg?v=1776448565","url":"https:\/\/ottieandthebea.com\/products\/august-19th-book-club","provider":"Ottie and the Bea","version":"1.0","type":"link"}