Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a realistic romancer, born at Rouen. He was author of "Madame Bovary," a study of provincial life, which became the subject of a prosecution, and "Salammbô," wonderful for its vigour and skill in description. He indulged in repulsive subjects.

Wisdom & Quotes

• A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

- letter to Louise Colet, October 1846

• Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

- Sentimental Education

• Read in order to live.

- letter to Mile de Chantpie, June, 1857

Robert Browning