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Gustave __, author of Madame Bovary (1857) (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flaubert

(Other definitions for flaubert that I've seen before include "French writer" , "French author" , "Madame Bovary author, d. 1880" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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