Œuvres complètes de Gustave Flaubert, tome 8

Name: Œuvres complètes de Gustave Flaubert, tome 8
Author: Gustave Flaubert

By Gustave Flaubert

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A four-act comedy that stages the ambitions, alliances, and hypocrisies of provincial bourgeois life as a local bourgeois contemplates standing for election. Social climbing, electoral scheming, and neighborhood rivalries play out across parlors and garden scenes through matchmaking, petty jealousies, and politicking, while characters maneuver to secure influence, marriages, and votes. The piece satirizes pretension and the gap between public rhetoric and private self-interest, using brisk dramatic situations and ironic observation to reveal vanity, opportunism, and the comic consequences of striving for respectability.

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Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert was a prominent French novelist and a key figure in literary realism. Born in 1821, he is best known for his groundbreaking work "Madame Bovary," which explores the life of a disillusioned woman seeking escape from her provincial existence. Flaubert's meticulous attention to detail and innovative narrative techniques have left a lasting impact on modern literature. His other notable works include "Sentimental Education," which reflects on the complexities of youth and ambition, and "Bouvard and Pécuchet," a satirical examination of bourgeois life. Flaubert's exploration of themes such as desire, disillusionment, and the search for meaning continues to resonate with readers today.