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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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Anthony is somewhat unusual when seen in relation to the rest of Flaubert's oeuvre, departing as it does from his otherwise strict observance of the Naturalist tradition.
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Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant
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Gustave Flaubert put it like this: 'Tout le talent d' crire ne consiste apr s tout que dans le choix des mots.
Gustave Flaubert d'avoir obtenu du premier coup ce que d'autres cherchent toute leur vie.
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Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer
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The ways in which the bourgeoisie are criticized in Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary are highlighted, including language and characterization.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Although Gustave Flaubert ranked travel writing with declasse reportage, he saved and polished notes on his eventful 1849 journey to Egypt.
SALAMMBO by Gustave Flaubert This towering novel of ancient Carthage by the author of Madame Bovary stands the test of time.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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In Gustave Flaubert's story A Simple Heart, an old French woman pines for a beloved nephew, a sailor who has disappeared in Cuba.
Gustave Flaubert wrote that a man shouldn't be a citizen of his country merely by birth, but a citizen of his country (or countr ies ) by choice.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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Flaubert was not quite twenty-eight, and although he hadn't yet gained the literary reputation that would come with the publication of *Madame Bovary*, he was decidedly already a literary man of some accomplishments.
Flaubert's brilliant evocation of the bored young wife of a provincial doctor, whose romantic desires and illusions are inevitably shattered when reality catches up with her.
My quotations in the notes from Flaubert's letters to Louise Colet are also translated directlyl from quotations previously made in this French edition.
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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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Are we to laugh at or admire Flaubert's Felicite, the saintly but ludicrous possessor of A Simple Heart, because she thinks only of the good of others?
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