Where did Gustave Flaubert live for most of his adult life?

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For most of his adult life, the French author Gustave Flaubert lived at his family estate in Croisset, located near Rouen on the Seine river.1

Following the death of his father in 1846 and the subsequent passing of his sister, Flaubert retired to this estate with his mother and infant niece. He remained there for nearly the rest of his life, dedicating his time to his literature and the pursuit of perfection in his writing.1