The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1857-1880

Francis Steegmuller, sel., ed., and tr.

Gustave Flaubert

Edited and translated by Francis Steegmuller

    Introduction

    I. The Writing of SalammbÔ, 1857-1862

    II. The Battle of SalammbÔ, 1862-1863

    III. Interlude: Society, 1863-1866

    IV. The Beginning of l'Éducation Sentimentale, 1863-1866

    V. Enter George Sand. The Completion and Reception of l'Éducation Sentimentale, 1866-1869

    VI. Interlude: Early 1870

    VII. The War and the Commune, 1870-1871

    VIII. The Temptation of Saint Anthony. The Beginning of Bouvard and Pécuchet. Le Candidat. Three Tales, 1872-1877

    IX. The Last Years. Bouvard and Pécuchet, 1877-1880

    Appendix I: Flaubert's Niece Caroline

    Appendix II: "Reply to a Friend" by George Sand

    Appendix III: The Broken Friendship: Flaubert and Laporte

    Appendix IV: The Pavilion at Croisset

    Works of Related Interest

    Index

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Francis Steegmuller is the author of more than twenty books and a recipient of numerous awards and honors. His translation of Madame Bovary is an acknowledged classic. In 1982 the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters awarded him its Gold Medal for Biography.