Gustave Flaubert
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.
Books by Gustave Flaubert
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A Simple Heart
by Gustave Flaubert
3.5(4,816)
This story follows a devoted servant woman whose life, marked by loss and an enduring search for love, subtly challenges the realism Flaubert so skillfully created.
Sentimental Education
by Gustave Flaubert
3.8(17,671)
A passionate but aimless young man navigates the tumultuous 1848 French Revolution and the rise of an empire, all while consumed by an unrequited, lifelong love for an older, unattainable woman.
Memoirs of a Madman
by Gustave Flaubert
3.7(769)
A young genius's self-proclaimed madness begins when a brief glimpse of a woman by the sea shatters his boyhood innocence, forcing him into a tragic and early adulthood.