Where to Start with Gustave Flaubert

French novelist whose obsessive pursuit of *le mot juste* (the perfect word) made him a pioneer of literary realism.

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Madame Bovary

1856 · Novel

EasyLong384 pages

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  1. 2A Sentimental Education1869EasyLong479 pages