Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a French writer. An important prose writer, Flaubert left his mark on French literature with the depth of his psychological analyses, his sense of reality, his lucidity about social behavior, and the strength of his style in major novels such as "Madame Bovary" (1857), "Sentimental Education" (1869), "Salammbô" (1862), as well as his short stories, three of which were published in the work "Three Tales" - "Trois contes" (1877).