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1821 – 1880Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)Died 8 May 1880, aged 58Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist best known for Madame Bovary, a landmark of literary realism. He died suddenly of a suspected stroke at his home in Croisset on 8 May 1880. His meticulous prose style influenced generations of later novelists.