Flaubert is a great writer, as is Chekhov, as is James, as is, in a much different way, Thomas Hardy. From Wordnik.com. [Realism in Fiction] Reference
"Goethe is better in German, Flaubert is better in French and Virgil is better in Latin," Dr. Blistein said. From Wordnik.com. [EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL] Reference
I call Flauberts the better counsel, even though I have spent a part of this lecture in attempting to prove it impossible. From Wordnik.com. [XII. On Style] Reference
The idea that readers can’t find alternative readings in Flaubert – that is, that this is a fault of the readers?. From Wordnik.com. [Fowler attacks Flaubert in Dictionary] Reference
But it must not be uncontrolled "self-expression": for McGahern, as for his hero Flaubert, that is "the opposite of creativity". From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
To be simple, wrote Flaubert, is no small matter. From Wordnik.com. ['Bovary' Translation Does 'Le Mot Juste' Justice] Reference
French Revolution; and by way of contrast we may speak of Flaubert as a disgruntled son of the Second Empire. From Wordnik.com. [The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters] Reference
Revolution; and by way of contrast we may speak of Flaubert as a disgruntled son of the Second Empire. From Wordnik.com. [The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters] Reference
My apartment used to be cluttered with sayings such as Flaubert's "Live like a bourgeois and think like a demigod.". From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
"I'm sick of La Bovary," Flaubert wrote to a friend. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary Meets the Mouse Click] Reference
There was Flaubert in fiction, Baudelaire in poetry and Manet. From Wordnik.com. [Thoroughly Modern, Really] Reference
In January, 1872, we again find her writing cheerily to Flaubert. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Women: George Sand] Reference
"Flaubert wrote 'Madame Bovary' six times," he assured her impressively. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
She's exhibiting at the Flaubert Gallery in Stockbridge until August 19th. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
'C'est en haine du réalisme', wrote Flaubert, 'que j'ai entrepris ce roman. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Developments in European Thought] Reference
Flaubert said that hatred of the bourgeoisie was the beginning of all virtue. From Wordnik.com. [Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There] Reference
Flaubert, in the brave spirit she would fain impart to her weaker brethren. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Women: George Sand] Reference
At the same time, Guadagnino takes care to do something that Tolstoy and Flaubert did. From Wordnik.com. ['I Am Love': A 'Madame Bovary' For Our Century] Reference
Valéry parlant de la forme achevée des vers de Racine, c'est Flaubert dans son gueuloir. From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
I read this wonderful statement by Flaubert and I thought, ` That describes men exactly. '. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Tranquility: A Brief Against Feminism] Reference
And to trot out the old canard that equates Flaubert with naturalist realism is just wrong. From Wordnik.com. [What Ever Happened to Moderism? by Gabriel Josipovici] Reference
Flaubert signed his letters, ` Bourgeois sofobious, 'to show how much he hated these people. From Wordnik.com. [Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There] Reference
A local reading group engages in a lively, perceptive debate about a short story by Flaubert. From Wordnik.com. [Rocky Mountain High Life] Reference
In January, 1869, we find her writing of herself in a playful strain to her friend Flaubert. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Women: George Sand] Reference
Flaubert slashed, pulverized, the awkward attempts of his pupil whose success remained uncertain. From Wordnik.com. [Une Vie] Reference
Germany -- we esteem Anatole France, Maupassant, Flaubert, Balzac, as if they were German authors. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
With the trial of Flaubert in 1857 for Madame Bovary the term was completely established in France. From Wordnik.com. [REALISM IN LITERATURE] Reference
Flaubert wrote "Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work.". From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Frisicano: Book Review: Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth] Reference
A typical paragraph will zap us from Dürer to Mann to Flaubert to Dostoevsky in order to make a point about Kierkegaard. From Wordnik.com. [What Ever Happened to Moderism? by Gabriel Josipovici] Reference
It is far less marked, for instance, than the contrast between Voltaire and Victor Hugo or that between Victor Hugo and Flaubert. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
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