Flaubert
GUSTAV (flō-bar'), a French novelist; born in Rouen, France, Dec. 12, 1821. His greatest novel was his first, "Madame Bovary" (1857). He next wrote a historical novel, "Salammbo," the scene laid in the most flourishing period of Carthage; "The History of a Young Man" (1869)"; "The Temptation of St. Anthony" (1874), and "Three Stories" (1877). The posthumous novel "Bouvard and Pécuchet" (1881) is a satire on humanity in general. His comedy "The Candidate" FLEA (1874) failed on the stage. He died in Rouen, May 8, 1880.