5/20/2023 0 Comments Bovary madame![]() ![]() For reasons of health he retired to the family's new home in Le Croisset, a suburb of Rouen. In 1844, Flaubert became the victim of a serious nervous illness, which cannot be identified precisely, but which was probably related to epilepsy. ![]() His talent for writing was stimulated by these experiences. In the capital he made new friends and moved in literary circles. He attended a secondary school in Rouen, and in 1841 was sent, against his will, to study law in Paris. Gustave was a sensitive and quiet boy he read a lot, and since the family lived in a house on the hospital grounds, he early gained a knowledge of scientific techniques and ideas. He was the fourth child of a distinguished doctor who was the head of the hospital in that city. ![]() Gustave Flaubert was born December 12, 1821, in Rouen, France, and died May 8, 1880. ![]()
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