Gustave Flaubert: 464 books

Emma Bovary, a doctor's wife, has a highly romanticized view of the world and craves beauty, wealth, passion, and high society. The disparity between these romantic ideals and the realities of her country life lead her into extramarital love affairs as well as causing her to accrue an insurmountable...

Ciò che mi sembra bello, ciò che vorrei fare, è un libro sul niente, un libro privo di legami esterni, che si reggesse da sé grazie alla forza interna del suo stile. Per Flaubert lo stile è un modo assoluto di vedere le cose. Nell’inseguimento di questo ideale ogni sua opera finisce inevitabilmente...

With an Introduction and revised translation by Adrianne Tooke. Sentimental Education has been described both as the first modern novel and as a novel to end all novels. Weaving a poignant love story into his account of the 1848 revolution, Flaubert shows a society in the grip of stereotypes,...

Un coeur simple met en scène la vie d'une femme simple, Félicité. C'est la dernière oeuvre de Flaubert, et il semble qu'il y ait mis beaucoup de ses souvenirs personnels en s'inspirant de personnages de son enfance. La technique de narration de Flaubert isole certains évènements de la vie du personnage et les enchaîne l'un après l'autre, comme s'ils étaient proches dans le temps.

Emma Bovary, a doctor's wife, has a highly romanticized view of the world and craves beauty, wealth, passion, and high society. The disparity between these romantic ideals and the realities of her country life lead her into extramarital love affairs as well as causing her to accrue an insurmountable...

For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate its contents with profound dispassion, the author of Madame Bovary was tried for "offenses against morality and religion." What shocks us today about Flaubert's devastatingly realized tale of a young woman destroyed by the...

For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate its contents with profound dispassion, the author of Madame Bovary was tried for "offenses against morality and religion." What shocks us today about Flaubert's devastatingly realized tale of a young woman destroyed by the...

Madame Bovary scandalized its readers when it was first published in 1857. And the story itself remains as fresh today as when it was first written, a work that remains unsurpassed in its unveiling of character and society. It tells the tragic story of the romantic but empty-headed Emma Rouault. When...

'For certain men the stronger their desire, the less likely they are to act.' With his first glimpse of Madame Arnoux, Frédéric Moreau is convinced he has found his romantic destiny, but when he pursues her to Paris the young student is unable to translate his passion into decisive action. He also...

L’Éducation sentimentale comporte de nombreux éléments autobiographiques (tels la rencontre de Madame Arnoux, inspirée de la rencontre de Flaubert avec Élisa Schlésinger). Le cœur du récit est tiré du roman de Sainte-Beuve : Volupté, qu’Honoré de Balzac avait déjà traité et d’une...

For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate its contents with profound dispassion, the author of Madame Bovary was tried for "offenses against morality and religion." What shocks us today about Flaubert's devastatingly realized tale of a young woman destroyed by the...

Bilirbilmezler, bilgisizliklerinden ve bönlüklerinden kaynaklanan sınırsız bir gözüpeklilikle her konuya el atan iki arkadaştır; görünüşleri gibi tutumları ve tutkularıylada gülünçtürler. Ama gülünçlükleri, biraz da ele aldıkları yapıtların, karşılaştıkları kişi ve durumların...

Over 50 classic French stories and books are collected in this giant anthology. An active table of contents helps you get to the desired author/work easily.Authors/works include:Honore de Balzac:Father GoriotAn Historical MysteryLost IllusionsThe Physiology of Marriage: Part 1The Physiology of Marriage:...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘…for her, life was as cold as an attic with a window looking to the north, and ennui, like a spider, was silently spinning its shadowy web in every cranny of her heart.’ Married to Charles, a provincial doctor,...