Gustave Flaubert
12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a French novelist regarded as a leading exponent of literary realism and a master of prose style. His debut novel Madame Bovary (1857) became a landmark of world literature, and his devotion to the perfectly chosen word influenced generations of writers.
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Life events
Gustave Flaubert was born in Rouen, Normandy, where his father was chief surgeon at the city hospital.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFlaubert reluctantly began studying law in Paris, a pursuit he disliked and never completed.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgA seizure, generally attributed to epilepsy, led Flaubert to abandon his law studies and devote himself entirely to literature at the family estate in Croisset.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFlaubert traveled with Maxime Du Camp through Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and Italy, an experience that shaped his later exotic works.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFlaubert's first novel, Madame Bovary, appeared in installments in the Revue de Paris after five years of painstaking composition.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFlaubert was prosecuted for offending public morals with Madame Bovary and acquitted in February 1857, after which the novel became a bestseller.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFlaubert's historical novel Salammbô, set in ancient Carthage, was a popular success following years of meticulous research.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFlaubert published L'Éducation sentimentale, his novel of a young man's life amid the Revolution of 1848, now considered one of his masterpieces.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFlaubert died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Croisset at the age of 58, leaving his satirical novel Bouvard et Pécuchet unfinished.
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