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Gustave Flaubert

Born

in Rouen, Normandy, Kingdom of France

December 12, 1821

Died

May 08, 1880

Genre

Fiction

Influences

Victor Hugo, François-René de Chateaubriand, Miguel de Cervantes, Lord ...more

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Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection, so the presentation of reality tends to be neutral, emphasizing the values and importance of style as an objective method of presenting reality". He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert. ...more

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Gustave Flaubert’s books

Average rating: 3.71 · 453,577 ratings · 27,069 reviews · 2,364 distinct works • Similar authors

	Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 382,122 ratings — published 1856 — 814 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sentimental Education 3.81 avg rating — 25,215 ratings — published 1869 — 942 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Simple Heart 3.44 avg rating — 9,763 ratings — published 1877 — 549 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert, Roger Whitehouse (Translator), Geoffrey Wall (Introduction) 3.61 avg rating — 7,984 ratings — published 1877 — 655 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salammbo 3.73 avg rating — 6,793 ratings — published 1862 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bouvard and Pécuchet by Gustave Flaubert, Raymond Queneau (Preface), Mark Polizzotti (Translator, Introduction) 3.82 avg rating — 4,517 ratings — published 1881 — 737 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Temptation of St. Antony 3.83 avg rating — 3,412 ratings — published 1874 — 427 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dictionary of Accepted Ideas 3.75 avg rating — 1,504 ratings — published 1913 — 237 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	November by Gustave Flaubert, Nadine Gordimer (Foreword by), Andrew Brown (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 1,487 ratings — published 1842 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of a Madman by Gustave Flaubert, Andrew Brown (Translator), Germaine Greer (Foreword by) 3.64 avg rating — 1,438 ratings — published 1838 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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6 votes, 3.3%

1759, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne, 588pp

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3 votes, 1.7%

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3 votes, 1.7%

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1864, Uncle Silas by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 528pp

2 votes, 1.1%

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