Flaubert, Gustave, a realistic romancer, born at Rouen; author of “Madame Bovary,” a study of provincial life, which became the subject of a prosecution, and “Salammbô,” wonderful for its vigour and skill in description; he indulged in repulsive subjects (1821‒1880).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Flandrin * Flavel, John