Gustave Flaubert






Gustave Flaubert

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born
December 12, 1821

died
May 08, 1880

gender
male

place of birth
France

genre
Literature & Fiction


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Gustave Flaubert ([gystav flobɛʁ]) (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857), and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style, best exemplified by his endless search for "le mot juste" ("the precise word").





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Sentimental Education Sentimental Education
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.98 — 704 ratings — published 1869
72 editions
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Three Tales Three Tales
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.98 — 240 ratings — published 1877
59 editions
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Bouvard And Pecuchet Bouvard And Pecuchet
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.87 — 178 ratings — published 1881
42 editions
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A Simple Heart A Simple Heart
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.70 — 149 ratings — published 1984
29 editions
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Salammbo Salammbo
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.56 — 152 ratings — published 1862
61 editions
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The Temptation of St. Antony The Temptation of St. Antony
by Gustave Flaubert, Lafcadio Hearn (translator)
avg rating 3.78 — 68 ratings — published 1874
19 editions
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Dictionary of Accepted Ideas Dictionary of Accepted Ideas
by Gustave Flaubert, Jaques Barzun (Translator)
avg rating 4.18 — 60 ratings — published 1968
16 editions
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Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibili... Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour
by Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (Translator / Editor)
avg rating 3.65 — 52 ratings — published 1979
5 editions
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Memoirs of a Madman Memoirs of a Madman
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.71 — 34 ratings — published 1993
3 editions
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November: Fragments in a Nonde... November: Fragments in a Nondescript Style (Hesperus Classics Series)
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.37 — 30 ratings — published 1910
9 editions
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"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
Gustave Flaubert
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"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."
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"There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it"
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