Mature
Audio only
Length23m
About this audiobook
Born on December 12, 1821, in Rouen, France, Gustave Flaubert is considered one of the greatest novelists of the nineteenth century and a central figure of literary realism. The son of a respected surgeon, he grew up in a cultivated bourgeois environment that later nourished his sharp and often critical portrayal of provincial life. Flaubert began studying law in Paris but abandoned his studies after suffering from epileptic seizures. He then devoted himself entirely to literature, pursuing an ideal of stylistic perfection. He believed in the absolute precision of language and famously searched for le mot juste—the exact word—sometimes spending days refining a single sentence. His masterpiece, Madame Bovary (1857), tells the tragic story of Emma Bovary, a woman whose romantic dreams clash with the dullness of provincial reality. The novel caused a scandal and led to a public trial for immorality, from which Flaubert was eventually acquitted. Today, it is regarded as a cornerstone of modern fiction for its psychological depth and objective narrative style. Among his other major works are Sentimental Education (1869) and Salammbô (1862), which reveal both his realism and his fascination with historical settings. A close mentor to younger writers such as Guy de Maupassant, Flaubert profoundly influenced generations of authors. He died on May 8, 1880, in Croisset. His rigorous approach to writing and his pursuit of artistic excellence left a lasting mark on world literature.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length23 mins
Narrated byDavid Barnes
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateApr 15, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Gesammelte Werke: Romane + Erzählungen + Memoiren + BriefeGustave Flaubert67h 29m$2 · $0.00
Three Tales: A Simple Heart, Saint Julian the Hospitalier and HerodiasGustave Flaubert4h 1m$2 · $0.00
Leidenschaft und TugendGustave Flaubert1h 33m$2 · $0.00
Salammbô - Ancient Tale of Blood & ThunderGustave Flaubert13h 26m$1 · $0.00
Madame Bovary - Bilingual Edition (English / French):Gustave Flaubert28h 29m$1 · $0.00
L'Éducation sentimentale histoire d'un jeune hommeGustave Flaubert17h 55m$2 · $0.00
Die Erziehung der GefühleGustave Flaubert20h 37m$1 · $0.00
Frau Bovary (Zusammengefasste Ausgabe)Gustave Flaubert3h 34m$2
Madame Bovary (Bilingual Edition: English-French)Gustave Flaubert28h 36m$1 · $0.00
Die starken Frauen der Weltliteratur - 26 Romane in einem BandGustave Flaubert, Charles Dickens, Stefan Zweig, Theodor Fontane, Adalbert Stifter, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Victor Hugo, Jane Austen, Guy de Maupassant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Alexandre Dumas, George Sand, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Makepeace Thackeray, Wilhelmine von Hillern, Eugenie Marlitt, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski, Leo Tolstoi, Elisabeth Bürstenbinder, Alfred Schirokauer, Friedrich Schlegel426h 38m$1 · $0.00
Die starken Frauenseelen der Weltliteratur (26 Romane in einem Sammelband)Gustave Flaubert, Charles Dickens, Stefan Zweig, Theodor Fontane, Adalbert Stifter, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Victor Hugo, Jane Austen, Guy de Maupassant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Alexandre Dumas, George Sand, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Makepeace Thackeray, Wilhelmine von Hillern, Eugenie Marlitt, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski, Leo Tolstoi, Elisabeth Bürstenbinder, Alfred Schirokauer, Friedrich Schlegel426h 38m$1 · $0.00
Trois contesGustave Flaubert4h 41m$1 · $0.00
The Collected WorksGustave Flaubert70h 53m$1 · $0.00
The Collected WorksGustave Flaubert71h 54m$1 · $0.00
Frau Bovary (Madame Bovary)Gustave Flaubert16h 38m$2 · $0.00
Bouvard & Pécuchet (Summarized Edition)Gustave Flaubert2h 57m$2
Die starken Frauenseelen der Weltliteratur (26 Romane in einem Sammelband)Gustave Flaubert, Charles Dickens, Stefan Zweig, Theodor Fontane, Adalbert Stifter, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Victor Hugo, Jane Austen, Guy de Maupassant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Alexandre Dumas, George Sand, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Makepeace Thackeray, Wilhelmine von Hillern, Eugenie Marlitt, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski, Leo Tolstoi, Elisabeth Bürstenbinder, Alfred Schirokauer, Friedrich Schlegel426h 38m$1 · $0.00
Madame Bovary - Interactive Bilingual Edition (English / French)Gustave Flaubert28h 34m$1 · $0.00
Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary, Salammbô & Sentimental Education (3 Books in One Edition)Gustave Flaubert45h 29m$1 · $0.00
Bouvard and Pécuchet - A Satirical Novel (Complete Edition)Gustave Flaubert12h 15m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Unabridged)Jane Austen88h 8m$2 · $0.00
Beyond Temptation & Risky PleasuresBrenda Jackson10h 53m$24 · $0.00
Shōgun, Part TwoJames Clavell29h 16m$40
Showdown in the Big EasyCharles Tillman, Michael Anderle, Martha Carr7h 37m$23
Searching For ThanksgivingS.E. Smith4h 24m$20
Naughty 4Brenda Hampton7h 30m$17
The Dance with Me TrilogyShelley Shepard Gray21h 44m$35
The DopemanJaQuavis Coleman5h 25m$20
Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate CollectionArthur Conan Doyle59h 49m$5 · $0.00
My Favorite Husband, Vol. 1Hollywood 360, CBS Radio5h 40m$14
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m$29 · $0.00
Grand Opening 2Carl Weber9h 16m$20
Sons of Valor II: Violence of ActionBrian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson12h 34m$23
Malevolent MagicMildred Abbott7h 13m$17
Look TwiceEva Hudson9h 48m$20
The Complete Books of F. Scott Fitzgerald (all his 5 novels + all 4 short story collections published during his lifetime)F. Scott Fitzgerald87h 53m$2 · $0.00
Bikes, Toys, and Hot BoyzGenesis Woods, Shantaé13h 9m$23
The Natchez Burning TrilogyGreg Iles96h 18m$53 · $0.00
War LordBernard Cornwell13h 21m$33 · $0.00
Ghetto BastardK’wan7h 37m$20
You may also like
Lament IJan Kochanowski (tłum. Dorothea Prall)1mFree
LazarusLeonid Andreyev46m$2 · $0.00
The TowerW. B. Yeats1h 27m$2 · $0.00
Poems and Ballads of Heinrich HeineHeinrich Heine2h 23m$1 · $0.00
The RavenEdgar Allan Poe11m$3 · $0.00
The Complete Works: Poetry, Plays, Letters and Extensive BiographiesJohn Keats55h 33m$2 · $0.00
Georgian Poetry 1911-1912Various3h 5m$1 · $0.00
The Collected Works of Jim MorrisonJim Morrison6h 37m$24 · $0.00
The Divine ComedyDante Alighieri17h 23m$1 · $0.00
Silence - A FableEdgar Allan Poe10m$1
Halloween, A Romaunt with Lays, Meditative and DevotionalArthur Cleveland Coxe3h 58m$1 · $0.00
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chlorisactive 1596 William Smith, Bartholomew Griffin, Michael Drayton1h 11m$1 · $0.00
The World English Bible (WEB): JobAnonymous1h 52m$2 · $0.00
John KeatsJohn Keats2h 51m$12
Cruel Angels Past SundownHailey Piper6h 53m$25 · $0.00
THE POETRY of H. P. LovecraftH. P. Lovecraft2h 15m$2 · $0.00
The Complete PoetryEdgar Allan Poe18h 30m$1 · $0.00
HydraHenry Kuttner38m$1 · $0.00
The Raven and Other PoemsEdgar Allen Poe32m$1 · $0.00
Lament VJan Kochanowski (tłum. Dorothea Prall)1mFree