Gustave Flaubert

French novelist and leading figure of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary; noted for precise style and influence on modern prose.

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  1. 1. Memorias De Un Loco Y Otros Textos De Juventud

    Otros textos de juventud

    La obra reúne textos juveniles de tono confesional y experimental en los que un narrador febril alterna monólogos íntimos, recuerdos fantásticos y sátira de la vida provincial; en conjunto funcionan como un laboratorio literario que muestra el nacimiento de una conciencia crítica, el gusto por la ironía y la observación minuciosa, así como los temas de soledad, pasión y desengaño que anticipan la madurez estilística posterior.

  2. 2. L'educazione Sentimentale

    Histoire d'un jeune homme

    A young provincial aspires to love and social success in Paris, becoming obsessed with a refined married woman and pursuing her through salons, affairs and idle political involvement amid the upheavals of 1848; the novel traces his long-running illusions, missed opportunities and moral compromises as youthful passion and political idealism give way to disillusionment and the quiet banality of bourgeois life.

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