The collection of selected early prose by the classic of French literature Flaubert includes texts from 1835–1842, from one of the first - “Journey to Hell” (the short story was written by Flaubert at the age of 13, but it is repeatedly mentioned in his book about Flaubert by Jean-Paul Sartre) to the story “November,” which Flaubert called “the completion of his youth.” The texts, published for the first time in Russian, are accompanied by an introductory article and comments by G. Modina, a researcher of Flaubert's work.