“What about Gustave Flaubert, anyone?” When I heard that Damian asked a question one more time, I automatically hide the book that I have been reading before looking in front. Damian is looking around while waiting for anyone to speak so I wet my lower lip to settle in my seat, checking the names on the board. “Mister?” We all look at Alaric who is raising his hand to answer. Since he is standing, I automatically hide my book on the floor for Damian not to notice what I was holding. I then clear my throat before showing a smile at the guy sitting next to me, motioning him to not speak about it. “Yes, Mister Davis?” Damian replied while not looking at Alaric but just into his book instead. “He is a novelist and was regarded as the prime mover of the realist school of French literature, Mister. And is best known for his masterpiece, Madame Bovary last 1857, which talks about a realistic portrayal of bourgeois life, which led to a trial on charges of the novel’s alleged immorality.”
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