Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert ( in French) (12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French writer. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857) and a historical novel Salmmbô (1862). He was very devoted to what he did, and always looked for the word that would best fit the context. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Important works
 Rêve d'enfer, 1837
 Memoirs of a Madman (1838; Mémoires d’un fou)
 November (1842)
 Madame Bovary (1857)
 Salammbô (1862)
 Sentimental Education (1869; L'Éducation sentimentale)
 Le Candidat (vaudeville), 1874
 The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1874; La Tentation de saint Antoine)
 Three Tales (1877; Trois contes). "A Simple Heart", "Saint Julian" and "Herodias"
 Le Château des cœurs (play), 1880
 Bouvard et Pécuchet (1881)
 Dictionary of Received Ideas (1911; Dictionnaire des idées reçues)
 Souvenirs, notes et pensées intimes (1838–1841), 1965
 Album, annoté par Jean Bruneau et Jean A. Ducourneau, 1972
 Bibliomanie et autres textes 1836–1839, 1982

Category:1821 births
Category:1880 deaths
Category:Deaths from cerebral hemorrhage
Category:French novelists
Category:French playwrights
Category:Writers from Rouen