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What is the theme of the novel Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert?
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The theme of the novel is that life is not as simple as it seems. Madame Bovary is a woman who is obsessed with her appearance and her social status. She is married to a man who is not very good to her, and she is having an affair with a married man. She is also very unhappy with her life.