Charles Bovary

Charles Bovary is a central character in the 1857 novel Madame Bovary by Rouen author Gustave Flaubert. He is depicted as a man who experiences failure in both his professional career as a country doctor and his personal life.

His domestic struggles stem from his marriage to Emma Bovary, née Rouault. Emma is characterized as a romantic, unfaithful, and unsatisfied woman whose story concludes with her committing suicide.