Madame Bovary es una novela escrita por Gustave Flaubert. Se publico por entregas en La Revue de Paris desde el 1 de octubre de 1856 hasta el 15 de diciembre del mismo ano; en forma de libro, en 1857. Gustave Flaubert (Ruan, Alta Normandia, 12 de diciembre de 1821-Croisset, Baja Normandia, 8 de mayo de 1880) fue un escritor frances. Es considerado uno de los mejores novelistas occidentales y es conocido principalmente por su novela Madame Bovary, y por su escrupulosa devocion a su arte y su estilo, cuyo mejor ejemplo fue su interminable busqueda de le mot juste ('la palabra exacta').

Le Dictionnaire des idees recues ou Catalogue des opinions chics est un ouvrage litteraire inacheve de Gustave Flaubert qui regroupe sous forme de dictionnaire des definitions et aphorismes de son imagination. Gustave Flaubert est un ecrivain francais ne a Rouen le 12 decembre 1821 et mort a Croisset, lieu-dit de la commune de Canteleu, le 8 mai 1880. Prosateur de premier plan de la seconde moitie du xix siecle, Gustave Flaubert a marque la litterature universelle par la profondeur de ses analyses psychologiques, son souci de realisme, son regard lucide sur les comportements des individus et...

We were in class when the head-master came in, followed by a -new fellow, - not wearing the school uniform, and a school servant carrying a large desk. Those who had been asleep woke up, and every one rose as if just surprised at his work. The head-master made a sign to us to sit down. Then, turning to the class-master, he said to him in a low voice- -Monsieur Roger, here is a pupil whom I recommend to your care; he'll be in the second. If his work and conduct are satisfactory, he will go into one of the upper classes, as becomes his age.- The -new fellow, - standing in the corner behind the...

Based on Flaubert's own youthful passion for an older woman, Sentimental Education was described by its author as "the moral history of the men of my generation." It follows the amorous adventures of Frederic Moreau, a law student who, returning home to Normandy from Paris, notices Mme Arnoux, a slender, dark woman several years older than himself. It is the beginning of an infatuation that will last a lifetime. He befriends her husband, an influential businessman, and as their paths cross and re-cross over the years, Mme Arnoux remains the constant, unattainable love of Moreau's life....

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An epic story of lust, cruelty, and sensuality, this historical novel is set in Carthage in the days following the First Punic War with Rome, during the 3rd century BC. Few French historical novels can stand comparison with Salammbo.

After the First Punic War, Carthage is unable to fulfill promises made to its army of mercenaries, and finds itself under attack. The fictional title character, a priestess and the daughter of Hamilcar Barca, the foremost Carthaginian general, is the object of the obsessive lust of Matho, a leader of the mercenaries. With...