Manuscript reveals Flaubert’s messy search for perfection | Books | The Guardian
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The handwritten manuscript is page after page of scratched out notes, smudges, comments and ink blots that reveal just how arduous the French novelist Gustave Flaubert found the writing process.
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Celebrated for his first and most famous published work, Madame Bovary, which took five years to write, Flaubert was meticulous about the style and elegance of his work.
On Tuesday, a rare book of trav
