Flaubert

The novel starts with two chronologies that really displays the bitterness of Flaubert. The chronological approach to starting this novel begins with telling the reader of Flaubert's life and the different dates of happenings in his life. The first chronology tells of Flaubert's success and accomplishments he has accumulated and the second chronology tells dates of his deaths and failures and this shows that he is sensitive to the different things in his life, therefore creating a bitter personality. It is a half and half split between the two chronologies and the different accomplishments and failures and this makes him bitter. So far this book is not in novel form but I think it will make a turn in the direction of a novel shortly, Julian Barnes first part of the book were very necessary to show the personality of Mr. Flaubert.