French literature

← Back to menu

How to read Madame Bovary

This video provides an excellent introduction to one of Flaubert’s major works. Slightly long (1 h 24).

The Cambridge Companion to Flaubert

This volume brings together a series of essays by acknowledged experts on Flaubert. It offers a coherent overview of the writer’s work and critical legacy,

Flaubert: A Biography

A very comprehensive biography in English. Frederick Brown, 2006.

The Letters of Gustave Flaubert

Flaubert’s correspondence — written in such a spontaneous and vivid style — offers readers both great pleasure and a backstage pass to the writer’s creative engine. Edited and translated by Francis Steegmuller, NYRB, 2023.

Audio book

Two short stories by Flaubert to listen to: The Legend of St Julian the hospitaller and A simple Soul.