Francis Steegmuller is the author of more than twenty books and a recipient of numerous awards and honors. His translation of Madame Bovary is an acknowledged classic. In 1982 the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters awarded him its Gold Medal for Biography.

• Introduction I. The Writing of SalammbO, 1857-1862 II. The Battle of SalammbO, 1862-1863 III. Interlude: Society, 1863-1866 IV. The Beginning of l'Education Sentimentale, 1863-1866 V. Enter George Sand. The Completion and Reception of l'Education Sentimentale, 1866-1869 VI. Interlude: Early 1870 VII. The War and the Commune, 1870-1871 VIII. The Temptation of Saint Anthony. The Beginning of Bouvard and Pecuchet. Le Candidat. Three Tales, 1872-1877 IX. The Last Years. Bouvard and Pecuchet, 1877-1880 Appendix I: Flaubert's Niece Caroline Appendix II: "Reply to a Friend" by George Sand Appendix III: The Broken Friendship: Flaubert and Laporte Appendix IV: The Pavilion at Croisset Works of Related Interest Index

Steegmuller…is again a deft, witty and indefatigable commentator, stitching Flaubert’s correspondence together with all the background information we need in order to appreciate it. Among his many fine asides, Mr. Steegmuller tells us that Proust disliked the style of Flaubert’s letters even more than that of his novels; that Gide kept his volumes of them beside his bed like a bible.

Francis Steegmuller is the author of more than twenty books and a recipient of numerous awards and honors. His translation of Madame Bovary is an acknowledged classic. In 1982 the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters awarded him its Gold Medal for Biography.

• Introduction I. The Writing of SalammbO, 1857-1862 II. The Battle of SalammbO, 1862-1863 III. Interlude: Society, 1863-1866 IV. The Beginning of l'Education Sentimentale, 1863-1866 V. Enter George Sand. The Completion and Reception of l'Education Sentimentale, 1866-1869 VI. Interlude: Early 1870 VII. The War and the Commune, 1870-1871 VIII. The Temptation of Saint Anthony. The Beginning of Bouvard and Pecuchet. Le Candidat. Three Tales, 1872-1877 IX. The Last Years. Bouvard and Pecuchet, 1877-1880 Appendix I: Flaubert's Niece Caroline Appendix II: "Reply to a Friend" by George Sand Appendix III: The Broken Friendship: Flaubert and Laporte Appendix IV: The Pavilion at Croisset Works of Related Interest Index

Steegmuller…is again a deft, witty and indefatigable commentator, stitching Flaubert’s correspondence together with all the background information we need in order to appreciate it. Among his many fine asides, Mr. Steegmuller tells us that Proust disliked the style of Flaubert’s letters even more than that of his novels; that Gide kept his volumes of them beside his bed like a bible.

Francis Steegmuller is the author of more than twenty books and a recipient of numerous awards and honors. His translation of Madame Bovary is an acknowledged classic. In 1982 the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters awarded him its Gold Medal for Biography.

• Introduction I. The Writing of SalammbO, 1857-1862 II. The Battle of SalammbO, 1862-1863 III. Interlude: Society, 1863-1866 IV. The Beginning of l'Education Sentimentale, 1863-1866 V. Enter George Sand. The Completion and Reception of l'Education Sentimentale, 1866-1869 VI. Interlude: Early 1870 VII. The War and the Commune, 1870-1871 VIII. The Temptation of Saint Anthony. The Beginning of Bouvard and Pecuchet. Le Candidat. Three Tales, 1872-1877 IX. The Last Years. Bouvard and Pecuchet, 1877-1880 Appendix I: Flaubert's Niece Caroline Appendix II: "Reply to a Friend" by George Sand Appendix III: The Broken Friendship: Flaubert and Laporte Appendix IV: The Pavilion at Croisset Works of Related Interest Index

Steegmuller…is again a deft, witty and indefatigable commentator, stitching Flaubert’s correspondence together with all the background information we need in order to appreciate it. Among his many fine asides, Mr. Steegmuller tells us that Proust disliked the style of Flaubert’s letters even more than that of his novels; that Gide kept his volumes of them beside his bed like a bible.