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The Slow Tragedy Inside “Madame Bovary” Gustave Flaubert’s Personal Insight Gustave Flaubert drew heavily from his own observations of provincial life when writing Madame Bovary. Born in 1821 in Rouen, France, Flaubert witnessed the quiet frustrations, ambitions, and moral hypocrisies of middle-class society. His keen eye for human behavior allowed …
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