Gustave Flaubert

First published in 1869, this deliberately written work follows the ambitions and whims of the young Frédéric Moreau as he travels from his provincial hometown to the enticing metropolis of Paris. Though he survived the Revolution of 1848, Moreau is still prone to all the mistakes and petty concerns of a young man of the middle class: he develops an infatuation for a married woman, Madame Arnoux, and falls in and out of love with her throughout the novel; his ambitious endeavors soon bore him...

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French novelist and short story writer, Gustave Flaubert, was considered to be a master of style, obsessively devoted to finding the right word in every piece of literature he produced. As a child he expressed great imagination and took in all the stories he could from his nurse and neighbors, and in doing so, he prepared himself for a life consumed by literature and history. In addition to his “Madame Bovary”, his first published novel and the one considered to be his masterpiece, Flaubert is...

Salammbô is a historical novel about a priestess and the daughter of Hamilcar Barca, an aristocratic Carthaginian general. Salammbô is the object of the obsessive lust of Matho, a leader of the mercenaries. With the help of the scheming freed slave, Spendius, Matho steals the sacred veil of Carthage, the Zaïmph, prompting Salammbô to enter the mercenaries' camp in an attempt to steal it back. The Zaïmph is an ornate bejewelled veil draped about the statue of the goddess Tanit in the sanctum...

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French novelist and short story writer, was considered to be a master of style, obsessively devoted to finding the right word («le mot juste»), in every piece of literature he produced. As a child he expressed great imagination and took in all the stories he could from his nurse and neighbors, and in doing so, he prepared himself for a life consumed by literature and history. In addition to his «Madame Bovary», his first published novel and the one considered to be...

Gustave Flaubert's «Madame Bovary» is the classic tale of its title character, Emma Bovary, the wife of a doctor, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of her everyday life. Heralded as a seminal work of Realism, «Madame Bovary» is considered by many as one of the greatest novels ever written. Attacked for obscenity when it first appeared in Paris in 1856, «Madame Bovary» was an instant success for the author. His quest for...

Gustave Flaubert's «Madame Bovary» is the classic tale of its title character, Emma Bovary, the wife of a doctor, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of her everyday life. Heralded as a seminal work of Realism, «Madame Bovary» is considered by many as one of the greatest novels ever written. Attacked for obscenity when it first appeared in Paris in 1856, «Madame Bovary» was an instant success for the author. His quest for...

Gustave Flaubert's «Madame Bovary» is the classic tale of its title character, Emma Bovary, the wife of a doctor, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of her everyday life. Heralded as a seminal work of Realism, «Madame Bovary» is considered by many as one of the greatest novels ever written. Attacked for obscenity when it first appeared in Paris in 1856, «Madame Bovary» was an instant success for the author. His quest for...

Gustave Flaubert's «Madame Bovary» is the classic tale of its title character, Emma Bovary, the wife of a doctor, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of her everyday life. Heralded as a seminal work of Realism, «Madame Bovary» is considered by many as one of the greatest novels ever written. Attacked for obscenity when it first appeared in Paris in 1856, «Madame Bovary» was an instant success for the author. His quest for...

Gustave Flaubert's «Madame Bovary» is the classic tale of its title character, Emma Bovary, the wife of a doctor, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of her everyday life. Heralded as a seminal work of Realism, «Madame Bovary» is considered by many as one of the greatest novels ever written. Attacked for obscenity when it first appeared in Paris in 1856, «Madame Bovary» was an instant success for the author. His quest for...

Gustave Flaubert's «Madame Bovary» is the classic tale of its title character, Emma Bovary, the wife of a doctor, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of her everyday life. Heralded as a seminal work of Realism, «Madame Bovary» is considered by many as one of the greatest novels ever written. Attacked for obscenity when it first appeared in Paris in 1856, «Madame Bovary» was an instant success for the author. His quest for...