Le Candidat

Le Candidat est une pièce de théâtre sous forme de vaudeville de Gustave Flaubert écrite en 1873 et dont la première eut lieu le 11 mars 1874 au théâtre du Vaudeville. Rousselin est un bourgeois fortuné de cinquante-six ans aspirant à la députation. Prêt à tout pour y parvenir, il n'hésitera à faire intervenir sa femme et utiliser sa fille, Louise...

Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880) was a French novelist. Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.