Madame Bovary

By Flaubert, Gustave

Book Id: WPLBN0000674895
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 817.69 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Madame Bovary
Author:	Flaubert, Gustave
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature and history, Literature & philosophy
Collections:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics Series Collection
Historic Publication Date:
Publisher:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics


Citation APA MLA Chicago Flaubert, G. (n.d.). Madame Bovary. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Excerpt
Excerpt: PART I. Chapter One. We were in class when the head-master came in, followed by a ?new fellow,? not wearing the school uniform, and a school servant carrying a large desk. Those who had been asleep woke up, and every one rose as if just surprised at his work. The head-master made a sign to us to sit down. Then, turning to the class-master, he said to him in a low voice-- ?Monsieur Roger, here is a pupil whom I recommend to your care; he?ll be in the second. If his work and conduct are satisfactory, he will go into one of the upper classes, as becomes his age.?