1821-1880. French novelist, author of Madame
Bovary 1857. He entered Paris literary
circles 1840, but in 1846 moved to Rouen,
where he remained for the rest of his life.
Salammbo 1862 earned him the Legion of Honour
1866, and was followed by L'Education
sentimentale/Sentimental Education 1869, and
La Tentation de Saint Antoine/The Temptation
of St Anthony 1874. Flaubert also wrote the
short stories Trois contes/Three Tales 1877.