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Gustav Flaubert

(1821–1880) Novelist

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Gustav Flaubert was a novelist.

Quick Facts About Gustav Flaubert

Born: December 12, 1821
Died: May 8, 1880
Profession: Novelist

About Gustav Flaubert

[Wikidata] French novelist (1821–1880)... | [Wikipedia] Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated writer Guy d

Quotes by Gustav Flaubert

“It is a delicious thing to write, whether well or badly--to be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe…

Gustav Flaubert

Identity

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“There, at the top of the table, alone amongst all these women, stooped over his ample plateful, with his napkin tied around…

Gustav Flaubert

Bovary

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“I believe that if someone always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.”

Gustav Flaubert

Inspirational

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“She remembered the heroines of novels she had read, and the lyrical legion of those adulterous women began to sing in her…

Gustav Flaubert

Books

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“Madame Bovary, c'est moi.”

Gustav Flaubert

Madame Bovary

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“The most important thing is to keep the Soul aloft”

Gustav Flaubert

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“Bourgeois do not even suspect that we serve them our hearts. The race of gladiators has not died: every artist is one.…

Gustav Flaubert

Art

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“To want to give to prose the rhythm of verse (but keeping it very much prose), and to want to write about…

Gustav Flaubert

History

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