Usage examples (30)

• Flaubert is a great writer, as is Chekhov, as is James, as is, in a much different way, Thomas Hardy.
• "Goethe is better in German, Flaubert is better in French and Virgil is better in Latin," Dr. Blistein said.
• ’ I call Flaubert’s the better counsel, even though I have spent a part of this lecture in attempting to prove it impossible.
• The idea that readers can’t find alternative readings in Flaubert – that is, that this is a fault of the readers?