![]() ![]() Both the author and the publisher were prosecuted on the grounds that the novel was immoral. Gustave Flaubert’s first and most widely read novel, Madame Bovary, which appeared originally (1856) in installments in the periodical Revue de Paris, quickly became a cause celebre. From 1846 until his death he lived in Croisset, a suburb of Rouen, where he was visited by many leading contemporary writers, including the Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev and the French authors Edmond and Jules Goncourt, Guy de Maupassant, and George Sand. His life, with the exception of several trips to the Orient and to North Africa, was uneventful. He studied medicine but gave up that profession to devote himself to writing. ![]() Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) was a French novelist, born in Rouen. Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert - Collected Stories of the World's Madame Bovary - World's Best Loved Books - 1979 Madame Bovary - 100 Greatest Books of All Time - 1978 ![]()
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