Gustave Flaubert
Born: 12 December 1821
Rouen, France
Died: 8 May 1880 (aged 58)
Rouen, France
Occupation : Novelist, playwright
Nationality: French
Genres: Fictional prose
Literary movement: Realism, Romanticism
*He is known especially for his published novel, Madame Bovary.
*From 1846 to 1854, Flaubert had a relationship with the poet, Louise Colet; his letters to her survive. According to his biographer Emile Faguet, his affair with Louise Colet was his only serious romantic relationship. Eventually, the end of his affair with Colet led Flaubert to lose interest in romance and seek platonic companionship, particularly with other writers.
I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy. I want to gorge you with all the joys of the flesh, so that you faint and die. I want you to be amazed by me, and to confess to yourself that you had never even dreamed of such transports... When you are old, I want you to recall those few hours, I want your dry bones to quiver with joy when you think of them.
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