Who is Flaubert?

Gustave Flaubert was a French prose writer considered to be one of the best western authors of his time. He was born and brought up in France and was a part of a rich family. He was not a brilliant student and studied under strict and controlled environment when he was young.

What happened to Flaubert in 1870s?

The 1870s were a difficult time for Flaubert. Prussian soldiers occupied his house during the War of 1870, and his mother died in 1872. After her death, he fell into financial difficulty due to business failures on the part of his niece’s husband. Flaubert suffered from venereal diseases most of his life.

Was Flaubert a liberal or a conservative?

Politically, Flaubert described himself as a “romantic and liberal old dunce” ( vieille ganache romantique et libérale ), an “enraged liberal ” ( libéral enragé ), a hater of all despotism, and someone who celebrated every protest of the individual against power and monopolies.

What did Flaubert say about Saint-Antoine?

(in his letter to Marie-Sophie Leroyer de Chantepie, 1857) [original in French] Flaubert: “…If only I do not make a failure also of Saint-Antoine. I am going to start working on it again in a week, when I have finished with Kant and Hegel.