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Flaubert has often been credited as being the father of realism. Madame bovary, like madame defarge, would have had a blast at the guillotine. Gustave flaubert 18211880 was born in rouen, france, and was brought to popular attention when madame bovary was deemed immoral by the french government. Monsieur bovary to come immediately to the farm of the bertaux to set a broken leg.
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