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Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert, painting by Eugene Giraud, c. 1845; in the Castle Museum, Versailles, France.
Gustave Flaubertâs parents were:
- Achille-Cléophas Flaubert: His father was a native of Champagne who served as the chief surgeon and a clinical professor at the HÎtel-Dieu hospital in Rouen.1
- His mother: She was the daughter of a doctor from Pont lâĂvĂȘque and came from a family of distinguished magistrates, representing the provincial bourgeoisie.1