French novelist and short story writer, Gustave Flaubert, was considered to be a master of style, obsessively devoted to finding the right word in every piece of literature he produced. As a child he expressed great imagination and took in all the stories he could from his nurse and neighbors, and in doing so, he prepared himself for a life consumed by literature and history. In addition to his "Madame Bovary", his first published novel and the one...

Une édition de référence de Trois Contes de Gustave Flaubert, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. « Elle avait eu, comme une autre, son histoire d'amour. […] Un soir du mois d'août (elle avait alors dix-huit ans), ils l'entraînèrent à l'assemblée de Colleville. Tout de suite, elle fut étourdie, stupéfaite par le tapage des ménétriers, les lumières dans les arbres, la bigarrure des costumes, les dentelles,...

Retrato de una generación en Francia desde 1840 a 1867, La educación sentimental es una novela con personajes mediocres y que apenas tiene trama: un joven de provincias, Frédéric Moreau, va a París a estudiar Derecho: no le atraen los estudios, hereda una fortuna y puede vivir como había soñado. Pero está atrapado en un deseo irrealizable, deseo que gobierna su existencia, su relación con los amigos, las mujeres, su relación con el dinero;...

The last work written by Flaubert that was not quite complete by his death in 1880, "Bouvard and Pecuchet" is his characteristically satirical work revolving around two Parisian copy-clerks. Though they meet on a park bench in the middle of a hot summer day, their friendship grows to a remarkable degree, so much so that when one receives an unexpected inheritance, they both decide to dedicate themselves to the exploration of ideas in the countryside....

Félicité is a French maid, who is devoted to helping her mistress and her two children navigate their new life following her husband's untimely death. Despite her lack of formal skills, Félicité is an endearing figure who brings warmth and stability into their lives. In nineteenth-century France, Félicité works as a loyal housemaid to her mistress, Madame Aubain. She tends to her two children and is a constant source of support for the family....

The author of Madame Bovary counted among his correspondents Theophile Gautier, Emile Zola, Guy de Maupassant, ­­­­­and his close friend George Sand (Amantine Dupin). These letters, mostly from the latter half of the great writer's life, offer unique glimpses into Flaubert's emotions, relationships, critical mind, and work. The volume also includes are four short works: an early drama, "The Dance of Death;" an early essay, "Rabelais;" "Preface...

Bouvard y Pécuchet, dos pequeños oficinistas parisinos, descubrieron que sentían el mismo aversión por su vida mediocre. El legado de Bouvard llega en el momento adecuado para permitirles cambiarlo: se instalan en una granja en Normandía y se dedican a experimentos agrícolas de todo tipo, así como a estudios experimentales en campos tan variados como la química, la astronomía, la arqueología o el espiritismo. En esta novela inconclusa, Flaubert...

A personalidade literária de Flaubert, dotada de um agudo senso crítico que o distanciou do exaltado gosto romântico da época, levou-o a tornar-se um dos maiores prosadores da França no século XIX. O romance "Madame Bovary", a sua obra-prima, levou cinco anos a escrever e deu origem a um processo judicial no qual o autor apenas conseguiu escapar à prisão graças à habilidade da defesa, que transformou a acusação de imoralidade na proclamação...

A servant girl named Felicite. After her one and only love Theodore purportedly marries a well-to-do woman to avoid conscription, Felicite quits the farm where she works and heads to another location, where she picks up work in a widow's house as a servant. Despite her life being seemingly pointless, she has within her the power to love. She also carries within her a yearning, a majestic quasi-religious sensibility.

Publicado em 1862, «Salambo» evoca a civilização cartaginesa, aquando da revolta dos mercenários que se seguiu à primeira guerra púnica. Mais do que um romance histórico, esta obra surge como uma sucessão de momentos estéticos pintados com grande brilhantismo.