Gustave Flaubert
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"Bouvard and Pécuchet" is one of Gustave Flaubert's most well-known works. With its meticulously crafted sentences and precise words, the novel has endured the test of time without losing its impact and expressive power. The narrative focuses on two credulous characters, the copyists, and friends, Bouvard and Pécuchet, who, upon receiving an inheritance, decide to swap Paris for life in the countryside. The result is a series of mishaps, narrated...
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Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) is a legend, one of the great French writers. He wrote the novel "Madame Bovary," which landed him in court. He was accused of offending morality and religion. He was acquitted by the Sixth Correctional Court of the Seine Tribunal and condemned by puritans for the themes of adultery, criticism of the clergy, and the bourgeoisie. Flaubert is one of the most important representatives of French realism. In the work "Three...
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La antigua crítica los asqueaba, quisieron conocer la
nueva y se hicieron enviar las reseñas de las piezas en
los diarios.
¡Qué aplomo! ¡Qué terquedad! ¡Qué falta de
probidad! ¡Ultrajes a las obras maestras, reverencias
para las banalidades, y las burradas de los que pasan
por sabios, y la estupidez de los otros, a los que se
proclama espirituales!
¿Habría tal vez que remitirse al público?
Pero las obras festejadas muchas veces les
desagradaban,...
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FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE (1821–1880), French novelist, was born at Rouen on the 12th of December 1821. His father, of whom many traits are reproduced in Flaubert's character of Charles Bovary, was a surgeon in practice at Rouen; his mother was connected with some of the oldest Norman families. He was educated in his native city, and did not leave it until 1840, when he came up to Paris to study law. He is said to have been idle at school, but to have been...
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FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE (1821–1880), French novelist, was born at Rouen on the 12th of December 1821. His father, of whom many traits are reproduced in Flaubert's character of Charles Bovary, was a surgeon in practice at Rouen; his mother was connected with some of the oldest Norman families. He was educated in his native city, and did not leave it until 1840, when he came up to Paris to study law. He is said to have been idle at school, but to have been...