Gustave Flaubert

French novelist (1821–1880)

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Lived 1821–1880, aged 59France

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1821–1880
Aged 59

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Updated 2026-06-01

Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad.

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Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.

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