New Releases by Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert: Delve into the tragic tale of Emma Bovary, a young woman trapped in a stifling marriage and yearning for passion and excitement. Written by Gustave Flaubert, this classic novel portrays the complexities of human desires and the consequences of pursuing unattainable dreams. Set in the provincial French town of Yonville, "Madame Bovary" weaves a compelling narrative of love, infidelity, and societal expectations, capturing the essence of 19th-century France and the human condition. Key Aspects of the Book "Madame Bovary": Character Study: Flaubert skillfully develops the characters of Emma Bovary and her acquaintances, offering profound insights into their motivations and flaws. Realism and Naturalism: The novel is renowned for its realistic portrayal of everyday life and its exploration of human emotions and desires. Provincial Society: "Madame Bovary" vividly depicts the customs and constraints of provincial French society, highlighting the challenges faced by women in the 19th century. Gustave Flaubert was a prominent French novelist known for his literary contributions to the realism movement. Born in Rouen, France, in 1821, Flaubert was fascinated by literature from an early age and went on to become one of the most influential writers of his time. His masterpiece "Madame Bovary" is considered a seminal work in the development of the modern novel and has left an enduring impact on literature and storytelling.

One of the acknowledged masterpieces of 19th century realism, Madame Bovary is revered by writers and readers around the world, a mandatory stop on any pilgrimage through modern literature. Flaubert''s legendary style, his intense care over the selection of words and the shaping of sentences, his unmatched ability to convey a mental world through the careful selection of telling details, shine on every page of this marvelous work. Now the award-winning translator Margaret Mauldon has produced a modern translation of this classic novel, one that perfectly captures the tone that makes Flaubert''s style so distinct and admired. Madame Bovary scandalized its readers when it was first published in 1857. And the story itself remains as fresh today as when it was first written, a work that remains unsurpassed in its unveiling of character and society. It tells the tragic story of the romantic but empty-headed Emma Rouault. When Emma marries Charles Bovary, she imagines she will pass into the life of luxury and passion that she reads about in sentimental novels and women''s magazines. But Charles is an ordinary country doctor, and provincial life is very different from the romantic excitement for which she yearns. In her quest to realize her dreams she takes a lover, Rodolphe, and begins a devastating spiral into deceit and despair. And Flaubert captures every step of this catastrophe with sharp-eyed detail and a wonderfully subtle understanding of human emotions. Malcolm Bowie, a leading authority on French literature, explores Flaubert''s genius in his masterly introduction to this must-have book for all lovers of great literature.

Seven years ago, the incomparable Lydia Davis brought us an award- winning, rapturously reviewed new translation of Marcel Proust''s Swann''s Way that was hailed as "clear and true to the music of the original" (Los Angeles Times) and "a work of creation in its own right" (Claire Messud, Newsday). Now she turns her gifts to the book that defined the novel as an art form. When Emma Rouault marries dull, provincial doctor Charles Bovary, her dreams of an elegant and passionate life crumble. She escapes into sentimental novels but finds her fantasies dashed by the tedium of her days. Motherhood proves to be a burden; religion is only a brief distraction. She spends lavishly and embarks on a series of disappointing affairs. Soon heartbroken and crippled by debts, Emma takes drastic action with tragic consequences for her husband and daughter. When published in 1857, Madame Bovary was embraced by bourgeois women who claimed it spoke to the frustrations of their lives. Davis''s landmark translation gives new life in English to Flaubert''s masterwork.

In Three Short Works, three character-driven stories follow each protagonist as they attempt to navigate the trials and tribulations of life, death, love and loss. Flaubert presents a powerful combination of realism and romanticism that jumps off the page. Three Short Works consists of three distinct stories. "The Dance of Death" centers on the plight of the Grim Reaper or Death, as he complains about his difficult job and unenviable title. In "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller," a young man is cursed to murder his parents and attempts to outrun his fate. While "A Simple Soul" follows a hard-working maid who dedicates her life to a mistress and her two children. Three Short Works is both enlightening and entertaining. Flaubert tackles vastly different stories from a unique point-of-view. Each selection is a poignant tale that charts the internal struggle of these disparate characters. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Three Short Works is both modern and readable.

Nowhere do Flaubert''s explorations of the relation of signs to the objects they signify reach a more thorough study than in this work. Bouvard and Pécuchet systematically confuse signs and symbols with reality, an assumption that causes them much suffering, as it does for Emma Bovary and Frédéric Moreau. Yet here, due to the explicit focus on books and knowledge, Flaubert''s ideas reach a climax. Consequently, the book is widely read as a precursor to modern theories on semiotics and postmodernism. The relentless failure of Bouvard and Pécuchet to learn anything from their adventures raises the question of what is knowable. Whenever they achieve some small measure of success (a rare occurrence), it is the result of unknown external forces beyond their comprehension. In this sense, they strongly resemble Antony in The Temptation of St. Anthony, a work which addresses similar epistemological themes as they relate to classical literature. Lionel Trilling wrote that the novel expresses a belief in the alienation of human thought from human experience. The worldview that emerges from the work, one of human beings proceeding relentlessly forward without comprehending the results of their actions or the processes of the world around them, does not seem an optimistic one. But given that Bouvard and Pécuchet do gain some comprehension of humanity''s ignorant state (as demonstrated by their composition of the Dictionary of Received Ideas), it could be argued that Flaubert allows for the possibility of relative enlightenment.

Reproduction of the original: The Temptation of St. Anthony by Gustave Flaubert

Reproduction of the original: Bouvard and Pécuchet by Gustave Flaubert

A story about a girl named Felicité. She is a servant who has lived with the same family ever since she was betrayed by her lover. She has a strong sense of loyalty and self sacrifice: she lives to help others. Flaubert provides us with a full character which exhibits a quiet, uneducated saintliness that weathers a life of significant hardship. The text is down-to-earth realistic description with simple items such as a map illustrating her complete lack of education and a (stuffed) parrot which the priest recognizes the importance of in a final gesture to the servant. This is a "must read" book.

Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created collection of Gustave Flaubert''s renowned novels, plays & essays. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Novels: Madame Bovary Salammbô Bouvard and Pécuchet Sentimental Education The Temptation of Saint Anthony Short Stories: November A Simple Heart Saint Julian the Hospitalier Herodias The Dance of Death Studies and Literary Criticism: Gustave Flaubert: A Study by Guy de Maupassant Extracts from Virginia Woolf''s diary Extract from ''Essays in London and Elsewhere'' by Henry James Extracts from ''Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers'' by D.H. Lawrence Extract from ''Figures of Several Countries'' by Arthur Symons Madame Bovary is the French writer Gustave Flaubert''s debut novel. The story focuses on a doctor''s wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Salammbô is a historical novel, set in Carthage during the 3rd century BC, immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt which took place shortly after the First Punic War. Sentimental Education is an autobiographical novel, considered one of the most influential novels of the 19th century, being praised by contemporaries George Sand, Émile Zola, and Henry James.

Two men made their appearance. One came from the direction of the Bastille; the other from that of the Jardin des Plantes. The taller of the pair, arrayed in linen cloth, walked with his hat back, his waistcoat unbuttoned, and his cravat in his hand. The smaller, whose form was covered with a maroon frock-coat, wore a cap with a pointed peak. As soon as they reached the middle of the boulevard, they sat down, at the same moment, on the same seat. In order to wipe their foreheads they took off their headgear, each placing his beside himself; and the little man saw "Bouvard" written in his neighbour''s hat, while the latter easily traced "P�cuchet" in the cap of the person who wore the frock-coat. "Look here!" he said; "we have both had the same idea-to write our names in our head-coverings!" "Yes, faith, for they might carry off mine from my desk." "''Tis the same way with me. I am an employ�." Then they gazed at each other. Bouvard''s agreeable visage quite charmed P�cuchet. His blue eyes, always half-closed, smiled in his fresh-coloured face. His trousers

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

As a provocative tale of passion and complacency, ideals and self-delusions, Madame Bovary (1857) remains a milestone in European fiction. In telling his story of Emma Bovary—a farmer’s daughter who, with girlhood dreams fuelled by sensational novels, marries a provincial doctor—Flaubert inaugurated a literary mode that would be called Realism. But so exacting were Flaubert’s standards of authenticity that his portrayal of the breakdown of Emma’s marriage, and the frankness with which he treats her adulterous liaisons, scandalized many of his contemporaries. Yet to others, the mix of painful introspection, emotional blindness, and cynical self-seeking that distinguishes his characters made the novel instantly recognizable as a work of genius. It is a novel fixed upon the idea of romance—of the need for Romance—in the face of day-to-day banalities. It is a theme that is ironic insofar as the exquisite clarity of Flaubert’s prose serves to hauntingly underline the futility of the heroine’s ultimate tragedy.

The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters

Acclaimed by Italo Calvino as "one of the most extraordinary spirtual journeys ever accomplished outside any religion," Three Tales (1877) was the last of Flaubert''s works published during his lifetime. The ambitious range of the stories -- "A Simple Heart," "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller," and "Herodias" -- reaches from the author''s own century back to the Middle Ages and to ancient Israel. "A Simple Heart," in Flaubert''s own words, "is just the account of an obscure life, that of Felicite a poor country girl, pious but mystical, quietly devoted, and as tender as fresh bread... I want to arouse people''s pity, to make sensitive souls weep, since I am one myself." The middle story, "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller," tells of a bloodthirsty hunter and warrior whose attempts to escape a dire prophecy ultimately lead to a state of grace. "Herodias," the final tale, is based on the legends surrounding King Herod, Salome, and John the Baptist. It served as the inspiration for later interpretations, including Oscar Wilde''s Salome and Jules Massenet''s opera Herodiade. "To any modern writer, in whatever language," remarked Anthony Burgess of Three Tales, "these are recommended as a fundamental textbook of style." Book jacket.

Classic story of a shallow, deluded, unfaithful, but consistently compelling woman living in the provinces of nineteenth-century France. Considered the original modern novel, showing a modern attitude towards human character and the human experience.

The second volume of Flaubert''s correspondence details his travels, his relationships with Princess Mathilde Bonaparte and George Sand, the political climate, and his works, L''Education sentimentale, Salammbo, Three Tales, and other literary endeavors

A book that deeply influenced the young Freud and was the inspiration for many artists, The Temptation of Saint Anthony was Flaubert''s lifelong work, thirty years in the making. Based on the story of the third-century saint who lived on an isolated mountaintop in the Egyptian desert, it is a fantastical rendering of one night during which Anthony is besieged by carnal temptations and philosophical doubt. This Modern Library Paperback Classic reproduces the distinguished Lafcadio Hearn translation, which translator Richard Sieburth calls "a splendid period piece from one of America''s premier translators of nineteenth-century French prose. In Lafcadio Hearn''s Latinate rendering, Flaubert''s experimental drama of the modern consciousness reads as weirdly as its oneiric original."

The protagonist, Frederic Moreau, and his beloved, Mme Arnoux, are based on Flaubert''s youthful infatuation with an older married woman. Frederic''s puppy love for Mme Arnoux is at first steadfast and idealistic, and she remains faithful to her rather frivolous husband. Frederic''s love ends in disillusionment, as do the subsequent passions of his life. His youthful ambitions lead to failure and boredom, and his idealistic views of social progress are disappointed by reality.