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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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- Released
- 2010
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- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- Dictionary of Received Ideas
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Gustave Flaubert, Gregory Norminton
- Publisher
- Oneworld Classics
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 123
- ISBN10
- 1847491650
- ISBN13
- 9781847491657
- Series
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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.