Gustave Flaubert

The 30 Harshest Author-on-Author Insults In History

flavorwire.com | Posted 08.20.2011

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Sigh. Authors just don’t insult each other like they used to. Sure, Martin Amis raised some eyebrows when he claimed he would need brain damage to w...

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The Writer and the Fallowed Field

Joe Woodward | Posted 07.07.2011

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Gustave Flaubert wrestles with the ravages of old age, religion, the joy and heartbreak of love, children, and more. Though each of these stories is just some 40 pages long, they loom larger in the imagination.

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Why Is Emma Bovary So Misunderstood?

The New Republic | Posted 05.25.2011

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The author of minimalist short stories, Davis would seem an unlikely match for Flaubert, with his love of metaphor and obsession with detail. In compa...

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