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Gustave Flaubert: Details from a life

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From: The Scotsman
Date: 20060610
Author:NO BYLINE

1812: Born in Rouen into a family of doctors.

1840: Studies law in Paris.

1844: Diagnosed as suffering from a nervous disease, possibily epilepsy. Fails law exams and devotes himself to writing. Father buys him a house at Croisset, on the Seine between Paris and Rouen, where he lives with his mother.

1846: Meets the writer Louise Colet, who becomes his mistress for nine years, although they meet infrequently. Only romantic interlude in his life.

1849: Travels with Maxime du Camp through North Africa, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and Italy.

1851: Begins Madame Bovary, which takes him five years ...

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