Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest novelists in Western literature. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857), for his Correspondence, and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style.
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Famous quotes by gustave flaubert:
“Everything which one invents is true, be sure of it.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“Emma Bovary is me.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“Criticism occupies the lowest place in the literary hierarchy: as regards form, almost always; and as regards moral value, incontestably. It comes after rhyming games and acrostics, which at least require a certain inventiveness.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)