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Flaubert, Gustave

Cultural

A nineteenth-century French author known for his careful choice of words and exact descriptions. Flaubert's best-known work is Madame Bovary.

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Flaubert, Gustave, Madame Bovary, 2, 291; mentioned, 1, 182.

From Project Gutenberg

FLAUBERT, Gustave.—Bouvard and Pécuchet authorised edition translated from the French with an introduction by D. F. Hannigan, . . . illustrated with nine original designs after S. Gorski London H. S. Nichols . . .

From Project Gutenberg

I can give them just the briefest rest-stop - "Flaubert, Gustave" – before plunging back in with "Fletcher, Cyril; Follett, Barbara; Follett, Ken; Ford, Tom and Fowler, Sir Norman" et cetera.

From The Guardian

Flaubert, Gustave, xiii, 23, 24, 112; Madame Bovary, 24; Salammbô, 112.

From Project Gutenberg

Flaubert, Gustave, xvii, 25, 26, 114; Madame Bovary, 26; Salammbô, 114.

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