French novelist and short story writer, Gustave Flaubert, was considered to be a master of style, obsessively devoted to finding the right word in every piece of literature he produced. As a child he expressed great imagination and took in all the stories he could from his nurse and neighbors, and in doing so, he prepared himself for a life consumed by literature and history. In addition to his "Madame Bovary", his first published novel and the one...

L'éducation sentimentale est un roman de Gustave Flaubert, inspiré de ses expériences amoureuses. Il retrace la vie de Frédéric Moreau, jeune étudiant qui veut intégrer la haute société. Frédéric quitte Paris pour Nogent-sur-Seine à bord d'un bateau. Il y rencontre le couple Arnoux, et tombe éperdument amoureux de Madame Arnoux. Une fois arrivé, il retrouve Charles Deslauriers, son meilleur ami et lui raconte son coup de foudre avec...

Une édition de référence de Trois Contes de Gustave Flaubert, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. « Elle avait eu, comme une autre, son histoire d'amour. […] Un soir du mois d'août (elle avait alors dix-huit ans), ils l'entraînèrent à l'assemblée de Colleville. Tout de suite, elle fut étourdie, stupéfaite par le tapage des ménétriers, les lumières dans les arbres, la bigarrure des costumes, les dentelles,...

Retrato de una generación en Francia desde 1840 a 1867, La educación sentimental es una novela con personajes mediocres y que apenas tiene trama: un joven de provincias, Frédéric Moreau, va a París a estudiar Derecho: no le atraen los estudios, hereda una fortuna y puede vivir como había soñado. Pero está atrapado en un deseo irrealizable, deseo que gobierna su existencia, su relación con los amigos, las mujeres, su relación con el dinero;...

The last work written by Flaubert that was not quite complete by his death in 1880, "Bouvard and Pecuchet" is his characteristically satirical work revolving around two Parisian copy-clerks. Though they meet on a park bench in the middle of a hot summer day, their friendship grows to a remarkable degree, so much so that when one receives an unexpected inheritance, they both decide to dedicate themselves to the exploration of ideas in the countryside....

Salammb est un roman historique de Gustave Flaubert, qui est paru le 24 novembre 1862 chez Michel Lévy frères. Son sujet principal est la guerre des Mercenaires. Au IIIe siècle av. J.-C., la ville de Carthage est opposée aux mercenaires barbares qu'elle avait employés pendant la première guerre punique. Ces derniers se révoltèrent, furieux de ne pas avoir reçu la solde convenue. Dans le roman, Flaubert chercha à respecter l'histoire connue....

The author of Madame Bovary counted among his correspondents Theophile Gautier, Emile Zola, Guy de Maupassant, ­­­­­and his close friend George Sand (Amantine Dupin). These letters, mostly from the latter half of the great writer's life, offer unique glimpses into Flaubert's emotions, relationships, critical mind, and work. The volume also includes are four short works: an early drama, "The Dance of Death;" an early essay, "Rabelais;" "Preface...

Mucho se ocupó el siglo XIX de la mente humana. Fue el tiempo en el que nació la psiquiatría y el psicoanálisis y en el que varios estudiosos, sobre todo galos se preguntaron si la escritura no es la huella del delirio solitario. En 1934, Raymond Queneau buscó editorial para su manuscrito En los confines de las tinieblas que es una antología de los alienados franceses del siglo XIX que fueron publicados. No fue el primer intento, pero sí el...

A servant girl named Felicite. After her one and only love Theodore purportedly marries a well-to-do woman to avoid conscription, Felicite quits the farm where she works and heads to another location, where she picks up work in a widow's house as a servant. Despite her life being seemingly pointless, she has within her the power to love. She also carries within her a yearning, a majestic quasi-religious sensibility.

In Three Short Works, three character-driven stories follow each protagonist as they attempt to navigate the trials and tribulations of life, death, love and loss. Flaubert presents a powerful combination of realism and romanticism that jumps off the page. Three Short Works consists of three distinct stories. "The Dance of Death" centers on the plight of the Grim Reaper or Death, as he complains about his difficult job and unenviable title. In "The...