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").


books by Gustave Flaubert

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avg rating: 3.65 | 6680 ratings | 133 distinct works
Madame Bovary Madame Bovary (Oxford World's Classics)
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.60 — 3844 ratings — published 1992
250 editions
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Three Tales Three Tales (Penguin Classics)
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.96 — 109 ratings — published 2005
48 editions
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Bouvard And Pecuchet Bouvard And Pecuchet (Paperback)
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.98 — 65 ratings — published 2005
32 editions
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A Sentimental Education: The S... 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
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مادام بواری مادام بواری
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.45 — 42 ratings — published 2007
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Dictionary of Accepted Ideas Dictionary of Accepted Ideas (Paperback)
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 4.27 — 22 ratings — published 1968
8 editions
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Memoirs of a Madman Memoirs of a Madman (Hesperus Classics)
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.56 — 16 ratings — published 2003
3 editions
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Bouvard and Pecuchet with The ... Bouvard and Pecuchet with The Dictionary of Accepted Ideas (Penguin Classics)
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 4.50 — 12 ratings — published 1976
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Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibili... Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour (Penguin Classics)
by Gustave Flaubert
avg rating 3.31 — 13 ratings — published 1996
5 editions
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The Letters of Gustave Flauber... 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
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quotes by Gustave Flaubert

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"Read in order to live."
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"There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it"
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"Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living."
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