He had arrived feeling sore that his unpublished novel, “The Temptation of Saint Anthony”, with which he meant to astound the literary world, had failed to impress his friends.

福楼拜参观此地时心情十分低落，他写作的小说《圣安东尼的诱惑》本欲在出版后震惊文坛，结果连朋友也认为不值一读。

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Clement Barraud scowled with the world's own confusion as he read a gift copy of The Temptation of Saint Anthony, by Gustave Flaubert, that the Rector had given him permission to keep.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Exiles'