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Gustave Flaubert
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Gustave Flaubert was a vegetarian writer, novelist, French
Lived: December 12, 1821 - May 8, 1880
Wrote Madame Bovary (1857)
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Flaubert's Madame Bovary was a required reading in my high school English class. Not sure why anymore.
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chia: because it's good for you. LOL.
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Where did you find Flaubert was a vegetarian? Many vegan & vegetarian sites quote him, but none brings any document to prove it. Is it only a rumor? I only found this study (in french) about the animality in Flaubert's work: flaubert.univ-rouen.fr/revue/article.php?id=44