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Gustave Flaubert

Born

in Rouen, Normandy, Kingdom of France

December 12, 1821

Died

May 08, 1880

Genre

Fiction

Influences

Victor Hugo, François-René de Chateaubriand, Miguel de Cervantes, Lord ...more

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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. ...more

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Average rating: 3.71 · 423,299 ratings · 23,729 reviews · 2,201 distinct works • Similar authors

	Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 356,721 ratings — published 1856 — 5649 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sentimental Education 3.81 avg rating — 23,731 ratings — published 1869 — 211 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Simple Heart 3.45 avg rating — 8,682 ratings — published 1877 — 499 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert, Roger Whitehouse (Translator), Geoffrey Wall (Introduction) 3.62 avg rating — 7,441 ratings — published 1877 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salammbo 3.74 avg rating — 6,232 ratings — published 1862 — 1233 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bouvard and Pécuchet by Gustave Flaubert, Raymond Queneau (Preface), Mark Polizzotti (Translator, Introduction) 3.83 avg rating — 4,324 ratings — published 1881 — 675 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Temptation of St. Antony 3.82 avg rating — 3,218 ratings — published 1874 — 399 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dictionary of Accepted Ideas 3.77 avg rating — 1,398 ratings — published 1913 — 223 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	November by Gustave Flaubert, Nadine Gordimer (Foreword by), Andrew Brown (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 1,372 ratings — published 1842 — 118 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of a Madman by Gustave Flaubert, Andrew Brown (Translator), Germaine Greer (Foreword by) 3.66 avg rating — 1,302 ratings — published 1838 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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December Short Story/Novella Poll

A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert, 72 pages, 1877

60 votes, 26.4%

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx, 55 pages, 1997

52 votes, 22.9%

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs, 32 pages, 1902

29 votes, 12.8%

An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, 36+- pages, 1890

28 votes, 12.3%

The Tree by John Fowles, 112 pages, 1979

24 votes, 10.6%

The Star by Arthur C. Clarke, 10 pages, 1955

20 votes, 8.8%

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie, unsure of size less than 130 pages, 1993

14 votes, 6.2%

227 total votes

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