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Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
Flaubert, Gustav (flō-bãr’). A distinguished French novelist; born at Rouen, Dec. 12, 1821; died there, May 8, 1880. His greatest novel was his first, ‘Madam Bovary’ (1857). He next wrote a historical novel, ‘Salammbo,’ the scene laid in the most flourishing period of Carthage; ‘The History of a Young Man’ (1869), like ‘Madame Bovary’ a pessimistic picture of social life; ‘The Temptation of St. Anthony’ (1874), a piece of imaginative writing dealing with philosophical problems; and ‘Three Stories’ (1877), which had a favorable reception. The posthumous novel ‘Bouvard and Pecuchet’ (1881) is a satire on humanity in general. His comedy, ‘The Candidate’ (1874), failed on the stage. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).