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Geoffrey Wall Editor, Translator & Author

Flaubert was born in 1821. After illness ended a career in law, he retired to live with his mother and devote himself to writing. He achieved limited success in his own lifetime, but his reputation grew steadily after his death in 1880.


Geoffrey Wall teaches French at the University of York. His biography of Flaubert has been translated into four languages.