From Publishers Weekly
"Working with materials only recently made available, including the novelist's uncensored letters, Lottman painstakingly reconstructs Flaubert's strange and meticulous life in vivid detail," lauded PW , calling this a "superb biography." Illustrated.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Flaubert's voluminous correspondence, as well as that of the many well-known men and women of letters he counted among his friends (Sand, Zola, Maupassant, and the Goncourt brothers are only a few among them), have long served as a fertile resource for biographers. Lottman's flair for biography, however, makes this study eminently readable and richly informative, despite its emphasis on sexual exploits and its lack of literary analysis. Amorous adventures, travels, financial crises, literary tribulations--all are unveiled skillfully, providing a portrait that will satisfy anyone interested in the life of this famous 19th-century French writer.
- Anthony Caprio, American Univ., Washington, D.C.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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