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 by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 3.98 — 704 ratings — published 1869 72 editions |
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Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 3.98 — 240 ratings — published 1877 59 editions |
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Bouvard And Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 3.87 — 178 ratings — published 1881 42 editions |
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A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 3.70 — 149 ratings — published 1984 29 editions |
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Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert avg rating 3.56 — 152 ratings — published 1862 61 editions |
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The Temptation of St. Antony by Gustave Flaubert, Lafcadio Hearn avg rating 3.78 — 68 ratings — published 1874 19 editions |
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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 Sensibility on Tour by Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller avg rating 3.65 — 52 ratings — published 1979 5 editions |
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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 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
— Gustave Flaubert
"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."
— Gustave Flaubert
— Gustave Flaubert
"There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it"
— Gustave Flaubert
— Gustave Flaubert
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