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<b>An insightful and playful look at nineteenth-century values and talking points, this dictionary will provide enduring entertainment and prove relevant in any age</b><b> <i></i> </b> A spoof encyclopedia of contemporary accepted wisdom and commonplaces, <i>The Dictionary of Received Ideas</i> sees Flaubert at his witty and satirical best. Perhaps intended as a companion to his final, unfinished novel <i>Bouvard and Pécuchet</i>, this compilation was the result of a lifetime of collecting the absurd and the clichéd, and providing darkly humorous explanations. This impressive new translation of a classic by the author of <i>Madame Bovary </i>is also currently the only edition in print in the English language.
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Dictionary of Received Ideas, Gustave Flaubert, Gregory Norminton
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- Année de publication
- 2010
- Reliure
- (rigide)
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- Titre
- Dictionary of Received Ideas
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Gustave Flaubert, Gregory Norminton
- Éditeur
- Oneworld Classics
- Publié
- 2010
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 123
- ISBN10
- 1847491650
- ISBN13
- 9781847491657
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Humour, France, Littérature française, Europe de l'Ouest, Sagesse de vie
- Description
- <b>An insightful and playful look at nineteenth-century values and talking points, this dictionary will provide enduring entertainment and prove relevant in any age</b><b> <i></i> </b> A spoof encyclopedia of contemporary accepted wisdom and commonplaces, <i>The Dictionary of Received Ideas</i> sees Flaubert at his witty and satirical best. Perhaps intended as a companion to his final, unfinished novel <i>Bouvard and Pécuchet</i>, this compilation was the result of a lifetime of collecting the absurd and the clichéd, and providing darkly humorous explanations. This impressive new translation of a classic by the author of <i>Madame Bovary </i>is also currently the only edition in print in the English language.