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Provincialisme, féminité et désir de l'impossible : sources de la solitude d'Emma Bovary

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The French province in the late 19th century was not a place for a woman who wanted more than just become an exemplary wife and mother. Emma Bovary, the literary character presented in this article tried to regain the right to choose the kind of life she wanted. Unfortunately, all her steps were closely observed by the community who put bourgeois morality first. Completely misunderstood by her loved ones, stuck in her unsatisfactory marriage, forced to represent bourgeois lifestyle, she suffered from severe loneliness which could also be associated with personality disorders and unconscious grief. Emma is not satisfied with being an object and she is trying to gain some power over her destiny. She is often perceived as a bored, selfish or narcissistic personality. In this article, the author tries to show other reasons for the heroine’s behaviour and present her as a woman trying to find a way to escape from loneliness, whose several causes can be distinguished.