She was the amoureuse of all the novels, the heroine of all the plays, the vague “she” of all the poetry books. - Gustave Flaubert

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She was the amoureuse of all the novels, the heroine of all the plays, the vague “she” of all the poetry books.

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About Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert (December 12 1821 – May 8 1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857), for his Correspondence, and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics.

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