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Author
12 December 1821–8 May 1880
Also known as Flaubert, Gustave, Гюстав Флобер
Gustave Flaubert was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857), and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style. (Source.)
1,444 works
1,557 editions
240 editions
Recorded as 1941; date may be inaccurate
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Readers in conversation
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A reader-curated list
A reader-curated list
"Few people can guess how despondent one has to be in order to resuscitate Carthage." - Flaubert Technically this is historical fiction, based on a few brief chapters of Polybius that could be read in the space of a lunch break. But the sensibility is closer…