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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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Average rating: 3.71 · 447,563 ratings · 26,314 reviews · 2,278 distinct works • Similar authors

	Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 377,154 ratings — published 1856 — 5858 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 — 24,896 ratings — published 1869 — 940 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 3.45 avg rating — 9,555 ratings — published 1877 — 550 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) 3.62 avg rating — 7,866 ratings — published 1877 — 654 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 — 6,683 ratings — published 1862 — 4 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 — 4,488 ratings — published 1881 — 22 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 3.82 avg rating — 3,364 ratings — published 1874 — 426 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 3.76 avg rating — 1,484 ratings — published 1913	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 — 1,468 ratings — published 1842 — 124 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 — 1,411 ratings — published 1838 — 31 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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