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").

books by Gustave Flaubert

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avg rating: 3.65 | 6680 ratings | 133 distinct works

	Madame Bovary (Oxford World's Classics) by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 3.60 — 3844 ratings — published 1992 250 editions	my rating:
	Three Tales (Penguin Classics) by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 3.96 — 109 ratings — published 2005 48 editions	my rating:
	Bouvard And Pecuchet (Paperback) by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 3.98 — 65 ratings — published 2005 32 editions	my rating:
	A Sentimental Education: The Story of a Young Man (Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)) by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 4.10 — 51 ratings — published 2000 45 editions	my rating:
	مادام بواری by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 3.45 — 42 ratings — published 2007	my rating:
	Dictionary of Accepted Ideas (Paperback) by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 4.27 — 22 ratings — published 1968 8 editions	my rating:
	Memoirs of a Madman (Hesperus Classics) by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 3.56 — 16 ratings — published 2003 3 editions	my rating:
	Bouvard and Pecuchet with The Dictionary of Accepted Ideas (Penguin Classics) by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 4.50 — 12 ratings — published 1976	my rating:
	Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour (Penguin Classics) by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 3.31 — 13 ratings — published 1996 5 editions	my rating:
	The Letters of Gustave Flaubert, 1830-1857: Francis Steegmuller, sel., ed., and tr. (Letters of Gustave Flaubert, 1830-1857) by Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published 1980	my rating: