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Flaubert
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Flau·bert  (fl-bâr), Gustave 1821-1880.
French writer considered a forerunner of naturalism and known for his precise literary style. His works include the novel Madame Bovary (1857) and the short story "A Simple Heart" (1877).
Flau·bertian (-shn, -t-n) adj.
Flaubert [ˈfləʊbɛə (French) flobɛr]
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(Biographies / Flaubert, Gustave (1821-1880) M, French, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: short-story writer) Gustave (gystav). 1821-80, French novelist and short- story writer, regarded as a leader of the 19th-century naturalist school. His most famous novel, Madame Bovary (1857), for which he was prosecuted (and acquitted) on charges of immorality, and L'Éducation sentimentale (1869) deal with the conflict of romantic attitudes and bourgeois society. His other major works include
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Noun1.Flaubert - French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)Flaubert - French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)
Gustave Flaubert
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In his case, he emerges as a provincial young man, a Flaubertian character, spurned by his colleagues from Paris's elitist grandes écoles and driven by an unstoppable desire to outperform them and enjoy super-bonuses commensurate with his real worth.
Le Roc du Nord? by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Brooks offers a more fundamental reason for the argument James had with Flaubert: James' rejection of Flaubert "seems motivated by an alarmed perception that Flaubertian practice would deconstruct James's own writing.
La vie en James by Holleran, Andrew / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
In an age of the increasingly ephemeral, Kundera has long championed the permanence of art and the Flaubertian ideal of making every word count.
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