Flaubert, Gustave 1821-1880

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert ( Book )
3,003 editions published between 1856 and 2011 in 57 languages and held by 7,072 libraries worldwide
The slow but inevitable moral degeneration of a weak woman. Describes the patient rendering of the squalor and narrowness of provincial life and of its effect on the woman's mind.

Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert ( Book )
1,142 editions published between 1863 and 2011 in 35 languages and held by 2,971 libraries worldwide
In this novel, Carthage is in its death throes as an imperial nation--eternally at war and unable to meet the daily needs of its citizens. They are forced to believe in an ecstatic religious cult that demands the sacrifice of humans.

Three tales by Gustave Flaubert ( Book )
758 editions published between 1877 and 2010 in 20 languages and held by 2,487 libraries worldwide
Recueil publié en 1877. Un coeur simple relate l'histoire de Félicité, paysanne orpheline qui traîne un passé de misère et de douleurs. La légende de saint Julien l'hospitalier est une variation autour du mythe d'Oedipe. Hérodias raconte l'histoire de Salomé, qui après avoir dansé pour Hérode, lui demande la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste.

Sentimental education by Gustave Flaubert ( Book )
793 editions published between 1869 and 2010 in 21 languages and held by 2,369 libraries worldwide
Frederic Moreau, a moderately gifted young provincial, is ambitious in many ways: he dreams of fame, of vast wealth, of literary and artistic achievement, of a grand passion. On the Paris paddle-steamer which transports him to his home town of Nogent-sur-Seine at the outset of the novel, he becomes transfixed by the demure Madame Arnoux and, back in Paris, cultivates her ebullient and enterprising husband in order to be near her. Frederic's devotion fluctuates like his other enthusiasms, and he is caught up in the intense pleasures and the inevitable ennuis of Parisian life.

Bouvard and Pécuchet by Gustave Flaubert ( Book )
477 editions published between 1881 and 2011 in 22 languages and held by 1,897 libraries worldwide
"Considered Gustave Flaubert's masterpiece, Bouvard and Pecuchet opens with two middle-aged copy-clerks who become fast friends after meeting on a city bench and discovering their shared habit of writing their names in their hats: "I should say so! Someone could walk off with mine at the office!" When a small inheritance allows Bouvard and Pecuchet to retire early and move to the country, they use their newfound leisure time to satisfy their curiosity about all the things they'd been too busy to study in the city. Flaubert shows his unlikely protagonists diving disastrously into everything from farming and politics to literature and love, and coming up empty-handed each time - until, finally, their obsessive pursuit of knowledge becomes an end in itself." Bouvard and Pecuchet unravels the novel's realist tradition, and sets the stage for the modernist innovations of Kafka, Joyce, and Beckett. Although Flaubert died before completing it, this new translation contains the fullest and most accurate version of the text, as well as his "Dictionary of Accepted Ideas" and the previously untranslated "Catalogue of Fashionable Ideas." --Publisher.

The temptation of St. Anthony by Gustave Flaubert ( Book )
487 editions published between 1848 and 2010 in 19 languages and held by 1,781 libraries worldwide
The Christian hermit St. Anthony spends a night in the desert beset by doubts regarding his vocation, his faith, and the concept of God, "meeting" an array of historical figures including Buddha and the Queen of Sheba.

A simple soul by Gustave Flaubert ( Book )
280 editions published between 1890 and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 1,347 libraries worldwide
Trois courts récits sur la tragédie de la destinée.

The letters of Gustave Flaubert by Gustave Flaubert ( Book )
22 editions published between 1980 and 2001 in English and held by 1,276 libraries worldwide

The first sentimental education by Gustave Flaubert ( Book )
122 editions published between 1885 and 2005 in 13 languages and held by 1,105 libraries worldwide
Analyse : Roman psychologique (formation).

Flaubert in Egypt: a sensibility on tour; a narrative drawn from Gustave Flaubert's travel notes & letters by Gustave Flaubert ( Book )
21 editions published between 1972 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,060 libraries worldwide