Gustave Flaubert - Wikipedia
WEBGustave Flaubert (UK: / ˈ f l oʊ b ɛər / FLOH-bair, US: / f l oʊ ˈ b ɛər / floh-BAIR, French: [ɡystav flobɛʁ]; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad.
Gustave Flaubert | French Novelist, Realist & Poet | Britannica
WEBGustave Flaubert (born December 12, 1821, Rouen, France—died May 8, 1880, Croisset) was a novelist regarded as the prime mover of the realist school of French literature and best known for his masterpiece, Madame Bovary (1857), a realistic portrayal of bourgeois life, which led to a trial on charges of the novel’s alleged immorality.
Gustave Flaubert summary | Britannica
WEBGustave Flaubert, (born Dec. 12, 1821, Rouen, France—died May 8, 1880, Croisset), French novelist. Flaubert abandoned law studies at age 22 for a life of writing. His masterpiece, Madame Bovary (1857), a sharply realistic portrayal of provincial bourgeois boredom and adultery, led to his trial (and narrow acquittal) on charges of immorality.
Madame Bovary - Wikipedia
WEBMadame Bovary (/ ˈ b oʊ v ə r i /; French: [madam bɔvaʁi]), originally published as Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners (French: Madame Bovary: Mœurs de province [madam bɔvaʁi mœʁ(s) də pʁɔvɛ̃s]), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1857. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the ...
Gustave Flaubert | Encyclopedia.com
WEBDied: May 8, 1880. Croisset, France. French novelist and author. The French novelist Gustave Flaubert was one of the most important forces in creating the modern novel as a deliberate art form and in introducing this objective form of writing in France.
Gustave Flaubert (Author of Madame Bovary) - Goodreads
WEBGustave Flaubert. Born. in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. December 12, 1821. Died. May 08, 1880. Genre. Fiction. Influences. Victor Hugo, François-René de Chateaubriand, Miguel de Cervantes, Lord. ...more. edit data. Gustave Flaubert is counted among the greatest Western novelists.
Madame Bovary | Summary, Characters, Analysis, & Facts
WEBApr 20, 2024 · Madame Bovary, novel by Gustave Flaubert, serialized in the Revue de Paris in 1856 and published in two volumes in 1857. Flaubert transformed a commonplace story of adultery into an enduring work of profound humanity. Madame Bovary is considered Flaubert’s masterpiece.
Gustave Flaubert Biography - CliffsNotes
WEBFlaubert combined a feeling for the ideals of the Romantic era with the objective outlook and scientific principles of Realism to create a novel which has stood as a monument and example to writers ever since. Gustave Flaubert was born December 12, 1821, in Rouen, France, and died May 8, 1880.
Madame Bovary: Study Guide | SparkNotes
WEBFull Text. Overview. Madame Bovary, the debut novel by French author Gustave Flaubert, was first published as a serial in 1856 and as a novel in 1857. The novel tells the story of Emma Bovary, a young woman who marries a country doctor and becomes disillusioned with her provincial life.
Gustave Flaubert’s Unsimple Heart | The New Yorker
WEBApr 28, 2002 · Gustave Flaubert’s Unsimple Heart | The New Yorker. Books. An Unsimple Heart. By Judith Thurman. April 28, 2002. “A romantic anarchist with a small private income,” Flaubert lived in the...
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