The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857

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

Gustave Flaubert

Edited and translated by Francis Steegmuller

    Introduction
    Reflections: Gustave Flaubert's Correspondence

    I. The Billiard Table, The Collége, 1821-1840

    II. The Law, 1840-1843

    III. Breakdown, Travel, Mourning, 1844-1846

    IV. Louise Colet I, 1846-1848

    V. Voyage en Orient, 1849-1851

    VI. Louise Colet II: Madame Bovary, 1851-1855

    VII. Publication, Trial, Triumph, 1856-1857

    Appendix I: A Self-Portrait of Louise Colet

    Appendix II: Flaubert and Syphilis

    Appendix III: A Letter from Maxime DuCamp

    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.