Charles means well but is plodding and clumsy. Her father gives his consent, and Emma and Charles marry. When Héloïse unexpectedly dies, Charles waits a decent interval before courting Emma in earnest. Charles is immediately attracted to her, and visits his patient far more often than necessary, until Héloïse's jealousy puts a stop to the visits. She has a powerful yearning for luxury and romance inspired by reading popular novels. Emma is a beautiful, poetically dressed young woman who has received a "good education" in a convent. One day, Charles visits a local farm to set the owner's broken leg and meets his patient's daughter, Emma Rouault. He sets out to build a practice in the village of Tôtes. He marries the woman his mother has chosen for him, the unpleasant but supposedly rich widow Héloïse Dubuc. He struggles his way to a second-rate medical degree, and becomes an Officier de santé in the Public Health Service. Charles Bovary is a shy, oddly dressed teenager arriving at a new school where his new classmates ridicule him. Madame Bovary takes place in provincial northern France, near the town of Rouen in Normandy.
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