Category Archives: Gustave Flaubert

The novel “Madame Bovary” was based on the real story of the Delamar family, told to Flaubert by a friend – the poet and playwright Louis Buile. Eugene Delamard – a mediocre doctor from a remote French province, married in … Continue reading →

Flaubert began work on the novel “Salambo” immediately after the completion of “Madame Bovary,” exhausting him with descriptions of the French routine and lowland provincial customs. The writer turned to an oriental, exotic topic for Europe in order to improve … Continue reading →