Which French novelist was defended by Antoine Marie Jules Sénard  a French lawyer and Politician in an action against his debut novel "Madame Bovary" ?
Antoine Sénard Antoine Marie Jules Sénard (9 April 1800 – 29 October 1885) was a French lawyer and politician who was briefly President of the Constituent Assembly of the French Second Republic. After returning to private practice during the Second French Empire he successfully defended Gustave Flaubert in an action against his "Madame Bovary",
Effi Briest Effi Briest is a realist novel by Theodor Fontane. Published in book form in 1895, "Effi Briest" marks both a watershed and a climax in the poetic realism of literature. It can be thematically compared to other novels on 19th century marriage from a female perspective, such as "Anna Karenina" and "Madame Bovary", which are also adultery tragedies.