Madame Bovary, written by Gustave Flaubert

Joanne writes:
The novel I am reading is Madame Bovary, written by Gustave Flaubert. Gustave Flaubert was born in 1821 and died in 1880. His family had a strong medical practice background. They lived in the small town of Rouen in Northern France. His father was a surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu of Rouen. They lived in a wing of the building for much of his youth. He grew accustomed too the typical hospital sights, and is comfortable talking about those topics in his writing. Gustave grew up to be a writer. It started when he was in his teens and won a contest. When he grew older he moved off to Paris to study law. He never finished that because of a nervous attack when he was in his twenties. He was later diagnosed with Epilepsy. When he could not complete law he moved to a house, which his father bought for him, on the Seine River in Croisset, right on the other side of Rouen. Where Gustave decided he would become a writer for sure. He met Louise Colet. She was a writer as well and they developed a relationship that had influenced his writing. Most of his other relationships influenced him as well. When his father and siblings died he moved in with his mother, who he loved greatly. When his mother died he took a trip with a friend and explored the Near East to fill his mind with more. By that time he had produced some things but nothing was published. When he returned he started to write Madame Bovary and completed it five years after as his first published writing piece. The book started off in a magazine named, the Revue de Paris. When it was published Gustave was fined for “immortality” but everyone knew he was an amazing writer and this book was no ordinary best seller. Gustave was a realist and a melancholy. He kept writing books until he died, where his niece finished his last book for him, and his words live on in his classics today.