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by Gustave Flaubert, M. G. Lanson (Introduction)

La legende de saint Julien l'Hospitalier
Madame Bovary
Salammbo
Bouvet et Pécuchet
La tentation de saint Antoine
Par les champs et par les grèves

359 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1902

About the author

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.