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Une invitation au bal du marquis d'Andervilliers lui redonne la joie de vivre. Lorsqu’ Emma attend un enfant, son mari décide de quitter la ville de Tostes et de s'installer à Yonville. Emma fait la connaissance de plusieurs perosnnes : le pharmacien, Monsieur Homais ; le curé Bournisien ; Léon Dupuis, clerc du notaire Guillaumin ; le libertin Rodolphe Boulanger, propriétaire du château de la Huchette.
Emma est déçue par la naissance de la petite Berthe, puisqu’elle aurait préféré mettre au monde un garçon. Elle s'enlise dans l'ennui, et perd tout espoir d'une vie meilleure. Elle n'éprouve plus aucun amour pour Charles, qui pourtant ne lui veut que du bien. Elle ne parvient pas non plus à apprécier sa fille, qu'elle trouve laide et qu'elle confie à madame Rollet. Elle laisse libre cours à ses dépenses luxueuses chez son marchand d'étoffes, M. Lheureux. Elle repousse les avances de Rodolphe, et de Léon, puis elle finit par céder. Ses amants sont vite