Finding the muse Oct 22, 2008
While writing his masterpiece, Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert would pen agonized letters to paramour Louise Colet expressing the laborious pace at which he was composing his book. The perfect model of a tortured artist, Flaubert would claim it would literally take him days to complete even a few lines of his novel. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Book Review: 'How Fiction Works' Aug 17, 2008
The heroes of this great artistic labor tend to be semimonastic introverts who, like Wood's beloved Henry James and Gustave Flaubert, toil with the doors shut and locked, in soundproof splendid isolation, attentive to the subtle frictions among nouns and adjectival phrases. Conversely, the folks who spoil the experiment are David Foster Wallace types who let themselves be distracted and overwhelmed by the roar of the streets, the voices of the crowd. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Madame Bovary Jul 26, 2008
Gustave Flaubert [Illustration by Anthony Jenkins. Related Articles. (Globe and Mail)
James gang: bigger than you thought Jul 13, 2008
There is a great deal more involving the adventures of Miss Hite and the doings of, among others, the detective William Pinkerton, Harvard president Charles Eliot, Gustave Flaubert, and both of the Alices James, sister to the brothers and wife to William. It is surprising how long Liebmann-Smith can sustain this romp, though 261 pages is perhaps one hundred too many. (Boston Globe)
Surrealist Manifesto sold for real money May 22, 2008
The sale was part of large auction of documents from French literary history, including manuscripts by Gustave Flaubert, Paul Verlaine, Simone de Beauvoir and Andr; Gide. Breton was born in 1896 and died in 1966. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Click for Full Story Feb 7, 2008
In 1857, a French court acquitted author Gustave Flaubert of obscenity for his serialized novel "Madame Bovary."In 1861, the general council of the Choctaw Indian nation adopted a resolution declaring allegiance with the South "in the event a permanent dissolution of the American Union takes place."In 1904, a fire began in Baltimore that raged for about 30 hours and destroyed more than 1,500 buildings. In 1936, President Roosevelt authorized a flag for the office of the vice president. (KWTX.com, TX)
Around Town Feb. 6 -- Time for a little Marshfield trivia Feb 6, 2008
Discussion will continue on January's featured book, "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert. Sign up in advance to reserve a seat, or just come on the day to listen. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Living • What Augusta readers are reading Feb 3, 2008
LOIS HAND , of Augusta, said reading is a vital part of her life, and she shared a few recently read titles: The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food, by Judith Jones; Best Food Writing 2007, edited by Holly Hughes; and Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert. It was her second read for the Flaubert novel, which she had enjoyed in college. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Around Town Jan. 9 -- Looking forward to more at library Jan 9, 2008
The next session will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 15, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Historical Room and will feature the book "Madame Bovary" by the 19th-century French novelist Gustave Flaubert. Considered scandalous in its time, the book is now recognized as a seminal work of literary realism. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Designer baby fear over heart gene test Dec 16, 2007
Lucky for us that the parents of (Agatha Christie - Alfred Lord Tennyson - Algernon Charles Swinbunre - Blaise Pascal- Charles Dickens Dante - Edgar Allen Poe - Edward Lear - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Gustave Flaubert - Guy de Maupassant Lewis Carrol - Lord Byron - Professor Manning Clarke - Pythagoras (Philosopher & Mathematician) Sir Walter Scott - Socrates - Truman Capote) weren't tested for Epilepsy. Our world would be a much less interesting place. (Times Online)
A grown man does not worry Nov 3, 2007
Ample proof lies in Naipaul's latest book of essays, A Writer's People, which covers a range of his seminal figures - Seepersad Naipaul (his journalist father), Mahatma Gandhi, Gustave Flaubert and Anthony Powell - arcing back across Naipaul's life to his Trinidad childhood, becoming a scholarship boy at Oxford aged 18, then slipping fitfully and with great struggle into his writing. What could he write about. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Bad Girl Oct 13, 2007
Once upon a time, in a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, there was a good boy who fell in love with a bad girl. He treated her with tenderness; she repaid him with cruelty. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Review: Smuin's legacy is the sizzle, and it's on full display Oct 10, 2007
Asking him to have choreographed otherwise is like asking John Grisham to be Gustave Flaubert. Is it snobbery to consider this not quite art. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Gustave Flaubert Sep 22, 2007
French Writer, a Realist Novelist famous for 'Madame Bovary. Flaubert is considered one of the greatest and most influential novelists in his time. (Suite101.com)
Down the Nile Aug 28, 2007
Memoirist Rosemary Mahoney describes her 120-mile solo journey downthe Nile. from the August 28, 2007 edition. (Christian Science Monitor)
Robin Williams: A "License" To Laugh Jul 4, 2007
He said his 15-year-old son reads French novelist Gustave Flaubert. Williams also has his sight set on an iPhone. (CBS News)
This Day in History Jun 19, 2007
Gustave Flaubert, French author (1821-1880). Untitled Document. (Montana Standard, MT)
Book Review: The Clarks of Cooperstown May 19, 2007
Near the end of Henry James's career, Edith Wharton reproached him for repudiating the novels of Gustave Flaubert. Why, she asked, was Anna Karenina a better subject than Madame Bovary. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Books you can't live without: the top 100 Mar 1, 2007
85 Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert. 86 A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Love is out of ink: Valentines in the age of the 'emoticon' Feb 14, 2007
"I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy," wrote Gustave Flaubert to wife Louise Colet, in August 1846. Such sentiments parts of longer, handwritten letters were then posted via coach, horseback, or windjammer. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Kundera finds the truth inside an art form Feb 11, 2007
Laurence Sterne learned from Rabelais, Henry Fielding from Cervantes, James Joyce from Gustave Flaubert and post-modernists in all languages from Franz Kafka. Before nodding and saying "of course, of course," it's a good idea to consider in full all of the implications of that - the internationalist imperative. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Could this be the final chapter in the life of the book Jan 21, 2007
Try this: go to Google Book Search and enter Gustave Flaubert. The first results are full of English translations of Madame Bovary. (Times Online)
The 10 Greatest Books of All Time Jan 16, 2007
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. (Time.com)
Diaries at the ready ... Jan 7, 2007
Deauville for less doughThe Normandy Riviera, beloved by Gustave Flaubert, Marcel Proust, Coco Chanel and Yves Saint-Laurent, has finally succumbed to the cheap-flight revolution. On March 1, starts direct flights from Stansted from 99p return (OK, in real money that's 38, including tax and fees) so you can rub shoulders with the Parisian smart set landing at tiny Deauville airport for the casino, horseracing, polo, and the film festival. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
