Who defended Flaubert in court against the immorality charges?
Jules Senard
Emile Zola
Victor Hugo
Honoré de Balzac
Answer
The French writer Gustave Flaubert was accused of immorality in 1857 for his novel Madame Bovary. The prosecution argued that the novel was an affront to morality and that it encouraged adultery. Flaubert was defended in court by the lawyer Jules Senard, who argued that the novel was a work of art and that it should not be censored. The court found Flaubert not guilty.
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