Madame Bovary (4)
I believe the answer is:
emma
'madame bovary' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for emma that I've seen before include "classic work" , "Retired chief in Ian Fleming" , "Flaubert's heroine" , "companion for Pip" , "Mrs Bovary" .)