Who charged Flaubert with immorality after Madame Bovary's publication?
Charles Baudelaire
Napoleon III
Public Prosecutor of Rouen
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Flaubert was charged with immorality by the Public Prosecutor of Rouen after the publication of Madame Bovary. The novel was criticized for its realistic depiction of adultery, and the prosecutor argued that it was harmful to public morality. Flaubert was acquitted, but the trial drew attention to the novel and helped to make it a bestseller.
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