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Flaubert, Gustave

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  1. A nineteenth-century French author known for his careful choice of words and exact descriptions. Flaubert's best-known work is Madame Bovary.


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I can give them just the briefest rest-stop - "Flaubert, Gustave" – before plunging back in with "Fletcher, Cyril; Follett, Barbara; Follett, Ken; Ford, Tom and Fowler, Sir Norman" et cetera.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2010

Flaubert, Gustave, Madame Bovary, 2, 291; mentioned, 1, 182.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James

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