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Gustave Flaubert (UK: / ˈ f l oʊ b ɛər / FLOH-bair, US: / f l oʊ ˈ b ɛər / floh-BAIR, French: [ɡystav flobɛʁ]; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad.
Article History. Gustave Flaubert. Born: December 12, 1821, Rouen, France. Died: May 8, 1880, Croisset (aged 58) Notable Works: theatrical production. “A Sentimental Education” “Bouvard and Pécuchet” “Madame Bovary” “Mémoires d’un fou” “Salammbô” “The Temptation of Saint Anthony” “Three Tales” (Show more) Movement / Style: realism.
At eighteen years old, he will have to prepare his baccalaureate alone. A well-known surgeon, Achilles succeeded his father at the Hôtel-Dieu. Relations between the two brothers were always very distant. In January 1846, Gustave Flaubert’s father died: «I loved only one man as a friend and that another is my father» (Cahiers intimes, 1840 ...
Died At Age: 58. Family: father: Achille-Cléophas Flaubert. mother: Anne-Justine-Caroline Fleuriot. siblings: Caroline Flaubert. Quotes By Gustave Flaubert Novelists. Died on: May 8, 1880. place of death: Croisset, Canteleu, France. Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage. Notable Alumni: Lycée Pierre-Corneille. City: Rouen, France. More Facts.
Gustave Flaubert, (born Dec. 12, 1821, Rouen, France—died May 8, 1880, Croisset), French novelist. Flaubert abandoned law studies at age 22 for a life of writing.
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Flaubert aged rapidly after 1870, dying from apoplexy in 1880 at the age of only 58. He died at Croisset but was buried in the family vault in the cemetery of Rouen. A beautiful monument to him by Henri Chapu was unveiled at the museum of Rouen in 1890.
Apr 28, 2002 · Judith Thurman on Geoffrey Well’s biography of Gustave Flaubert, “Flaubert: A Life.” ... In the fourteen years left of his life—he died in 1880—Flaubert consorted with the friends he ...
