Salammbo
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Set in ancient Carthage after the First Punic War, this historical novel by Gustave Flaubert follows a revolt of mercenaries against the city. It will interest readers of historical fiction and those studying nineteenth-century French literature.
Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.
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