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Flaubert decorated with the Legion of Honour

Légion d'Honneur — Ordre de la légion d'Honneur

The author of Madame Bovary mocked pharmacist Homais, who was decorated at the end of the novel (this is the last sentence): «He has just received the Cross of Honour.» Flaubert himself accepted it, however, on August 15, 1866. It was difficult for him to refuse the decoration created by Napoleon I, since he frequented the circles of the Second Empire… He wears the red ribbon on the portraits of Eugène Giraud. This does not prevent him from repeating his motto: "Honours dishonor, title degrade, function dumb. In "Le dictionnaire des Idées reçues", we read: Decoration of the Legion of Honour, Joking but coveting it. When you get it, say you didn’t ask for it.”

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