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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 · 436,608 ratings · 25,150 reviews · 2,257 distinct works • Similar authors

	Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 368,171 ratings — published 1877 — 34 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 — 24,363 ratings — published 1869 — 941 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 — 9,113 ratings — published 1877 — 551 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 — 7,679 ratings — published 1877 — 249 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 — 6,484 ratings — published 1862 — 2 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 — 4,410 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 3.83 avg rating — 3,289 ratings — published 1874 — 403 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 — 1,441 ratings — published 1913 — 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
	November by Gustave Flaubert, Nadine Gordimer (Foreword by), Andrew Brown (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 1,411 ratings — published 1842 — 122 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) 3.65 avg rating — 1,364 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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