Gustave Flaubert (Gutenberg Index)

A curated index of Project Gutenberg's Flaubert holdings, collecting his major novels, short stories, and essays in one searchable volume. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was the perfectionist of French realism, a writer who spent years honing single paragraphs. This collection gathers his essential works: the devastating portrait of Madame Bovary, the absurdist masterpiece of Bouvard and Pécuchet, the philosophical Temptation of Saint Anthony, and the piercing Three Tales. What emerges across these pages is a relentless examination of human folly, romantic delusion, and the gap between aspiration and actuality. For readers ready to encounter one of literature's most exacting stylists, this compilation serves as both catalog and invitation to dive into the work of a writer who shaped the modern novel.