居斯塔夫·福楼拜
3 books
About the Author
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a pioneering French novelist whose meticulous craftsmanship and unflinching realism reshaped modern literature. Born in Rouen to a prosperous bourgeois family, he studied law in Paris but abandoned it to pursue writing, influenced by Romanticism yet determined to transcend its excesses. Flaubert's obsession with le mot juste—the perfect word—led to laborious revisions and a commitment to objective narration, often drawing from personal observations of provincial life and human folly. His seminal work, Madame Bovary (1857), scandalized readers with its portrayal of Emma Bovary's adulterous dreams and disillusionment, resulting in an obscenity trial that only amplified its fame. Despite chronic health issues, including epilepsy, Flaubert produced enduring masterpieces that critiqued society while exploring the depths of individual psyche, cementing his legacy as a master stylist whose influence echoes in writers from Proust to modern realists.
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Writing style
Meticulous
Realistic
Ironic
