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Series
Language
English
Description
Madame Bovary, often ranked among the greatest novels of all time, is considered Gustave Flaubert’s masterpiece, with authors from Henry James to Proust to Nabokov heaping it with praise.
The novel tells the story of Madame Bovary, a commoner wife of a country doctor, and her attempts to escape the drudgery
...2) Asylum
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A hospital for the criminally insane becomes a hotbed of passion, obsession, and manipulation when a psychiatrist's wife and an inmate begin a torrid affair...resulting in a shocking turn of events.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004], c1995
Language
English
Description
When the tabloids scream the news that Tory up-and-comer and arbiter of family values Duncan Matlock has been caught in an affair with an "escort" girl, no one is more stunned than Flora, his devoted wife. As her husband and the party machinery behind him expect, Flora maintains a loyal façade. But in private, her anguish hardens into rage after erotic telephone tapes reveal the extent of her husband's duplicity. Employing strange sexual games and...
5) Promises
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Margaret Crane's life falls apart when she learns that Adam, her husband of almost twenty years, is having an extra-marital affair, and her misery is compounded by the rift that occurs between her and Nina, an orphaned cousin raised by the Cranes, over Nina's relationship with a married man.
6) Revenge
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
A former fighter pilot is irresistibly drawn to the wife of an old friend. When the husband learns of their betrayal, a terrifying cycle of retribution is set in motion.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined, but not very bright, gym employees, the duo are intent on exploiting their find. Events soon spiral out of everyone's and anyone's control, resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters!
9) The voyage
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
David Lyon, a married Canadian diplomat with two children, falls in love with Francesca, a Guyanese woman. She later disappears, and the news spreads that she had an affair with David, who is about to be elevated to the position of foreign minister.
11) The photograph
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Searching through a little-used cupboard at home, TV historian Glyn Peters chances upon a photograph he has never seen. Taken in high summer, many years before, it shows his wife, Kath, holding hands with another man. Glyn's mind fills with questions. Who was the man? Who took the photograph? Where was it taken? When? Worst of all: had Kath planned for him to find out all along? The Photography is a literary, psychologically complex novel of suspense...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Romanian
Description
In the days leading up to Christmas, a married man forces himself to choose between his wife and his mistress. A sharply observed, deeply felt drama from director Radu Muntean (Boogie), showcasing the strengths of current Romanian cinema in its beautifully calibrated performances, expert craftsmanship, and dazzling technical mastery.
13) Damage: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
**Soon to be appearing on Netflix as "Obsession," starring Richard Armitage and Charlie Murphy**
This New York Times bestselling novel, now in a brand-new edition, is a daring look at the dangers of obsession and the depth of its shattering consequences.
Damage is the gripping story of a man's desperate obsession and scandalous love affair. He is a man who appears to have everything: wealth, a beautiful wife and children, and a prestigious political...
15) Leaving: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former college sweethearts reconnect decades later after each has married, raised a family and forged careers and embark on an intense affair that forces them to confront the moral responsibilities of their love for their families and each other.
16) Third degree
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Laurel Shields' seemingly perfect marriage to her husband, Warren, comes crashing down when Warren discovers Laurel's infidelity and holds her at gunpoint, demanding to know who her lover is and whether or not he is the father of their two children and the baby she is carrying.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
An elegant, moving tale of an unexpected romance between a married man (Vincent Lindon) and his son's homeroom teacher (Sandrine Kiberlain, Lindon's former wife), and their attempt to keep their desires from turning into a full-blown affair. A modern-day Brief Encounter, crafted with enormous grace and subtlety by acclaimed French director Stéphane Brizé (I am not here to be loved, Among adults).
18) Acrimony
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A faithful wife tired of standing by her devious husband is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tom Richards, a prominent film director finds his real life intertwining with his latest cinematic effort as he gets caught up in an adulterous affair with his leading star, discovers his wife is an illicit relationship, and learns that their daughter has run away from home.
20) The Eden Test
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Adam Sternbergh brings his wit, humor, and a Hitchcockian sense of dread to What Have We Done, a chilling, surprising, and wholly entertaining portrait of a marriage on the brink. Seven Days. Seven Questions. Forever Changed. That's how The Eden Test, a week-long getaway, advertises itself for couples in trouble. And that's what Daisy, a talented actress, has signed up for, in the hopes of saving her marriage. It's a tall order, seeing as her husband...
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