The document summarizes Part 1 of the novel Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. It introduces the main characters Charles and Emma Bovary and outlines some of the key events in Part 1, including Charles and Emma getting married, Emma becoming bored in their new home, and her growing interest in the lifestyle she sees at a ball. It also includes reflections from readers on some of the novel's elegant sentences and moments of crisis.