BOOKS by Gustave Flaubert

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1	Madame Bovary more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist Flaubert's portrait of an adulteress who seeks freedom from a prosaic, disappointing life and ultimately is destroyed by her selfishness was considered scandalous when it was published. Flaubert chose his subject to illustrate his belief that any aspect of life, however trivial or vulgar, could be a subject for literature, and could be raised to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Madame Bovary: Provincial Lives more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist Flaubert's portrait of an adulteress who seeks freedom from a prosaic, disappointing life and ultimately is destroyed by her selfishness was considered scandalous when it was published. Flaubert chose his subject to illustrate his belief that any aspect of life, however trivial or vulgar, could be a subject for literature, and could be raised to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Three tales more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist These three stories include "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller," in which the hero is rescued from his humanity and its consequences by the grace of God; "A Simple Heart," one of Flaubert's most celebrated stories, in which a poor country woman who leads an exemplary life becomes obsessively devoted to her parrot, even after its death; ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Sentimental education more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist This novel of love and growing disillusionment is about the romantic attachment of a young man for an older woman; its subtext is an examination of the consequences of moral compromise and indifference. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Salammbo more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist Flaubert's costume drama is set in Carthage in 146 B.C., at the end of the Punic Wars. A best seller in its day, it has been made into an opera and become a cult favorite. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Madame Bovary more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist Flaubert's portrait of an adulteress who seeks freedom from a prosaic, disappointing life and ultimately is destroyed by her selfishness was considered scandalous when it was published. Flaubert chose his subject to illustrate his belief that any aspect of life, however trivial or vulgar, could be a subject for literature, and could be raised to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (Editor) add to wishlist At once a classic of travel literature and a penetrating portrait of a 'sensibility on tour', Flaubert in Egypt wonderfully captures the young writer's impressions during his 1849 voyages. Using diaries, letters, travel notes, and the evidence of Flaubert's travelling companion, Maxime Du Camp, Francis Steegmuller reconstructs his journey through ... see all copies from $4.49! new only from $7.50! \| first editions
8	Sentimental Education: 4 more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Robert Baldick (Translator) add to wishlist This novel of love and growing disillusionment is about the romantic attachment of a young man for an older woman; its subtext is an examination of the consequences of moral compromise and indifference. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.49! \| SVS
9	A Simple Heart more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Charlotte Mandell (Translator) add to wishlist One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.14! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist Flaubert's portrait of an adulteress who seeks freedom from a prosaic, disappointing life and ultimately is destroyed by her selfishness was considered scandalous when it was published. Flaubert chose his subject to illustrate his belief that any aspect of life, however trivial or vulgar, could be a subject for literature, and could be raised to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Trois Contes more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist These three stories include "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller," in which the hero is rescued from his humanity and its consequences by the grace of God; "A Simple Heart," one of Flaubert's most celebrated stories, in which a poor country woman who leads an exemplary life becomes obsessively devoted to her parrot, even after its death; ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Temptation of St. Anthony by Gustave Flaubert, Professor Lafcadio Hearn (Translator) add to wishlist Fascinated for years with the life of the Egyptian anchorite known as St. Anthony (b. 250 A.D.), Flaubert spent 25 years writing his own version. His disturbing fragmented chronicle, mostly in dialogue, stresses the difficulties of the spiritual life, presenting a deeply flawed saint--bitter, greedy, and sadistic--plagued by demons both internal ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.51! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Gustave Flaubert more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Edimat Libros (Creator) add to wishlist The classic works of literature contained in each of these volumes represent each author's best and most famous writings. A wonderful introduction to world literature, this finely crafted and affordable series offers the works of these world-renowned authors to a wider audience. Includes "Madame Bovary" and "The Temptation of Saint Anthony," see all copies from $5.04! new only from $23.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	A Sentimental Education: The Story of a Young Man more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Douglas Parmee (Translator) add to wishlist This novel of love and growing disillusionment is about the romantic attachment of a young man for an older woman; its subtext is an examination of the consequences of moral compromise and indifference. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Un Coeur Simple more books like this by G Flaubert add to wishlist see all copies from $3.25! new only from $7.00!
16 view cover	Bouvard and Pécuchet more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist Unfinished at his death, Flaubert's final work is a vastly funny satire of the intellectual and moral pretensions of 19th-century French bourgeois society. It features two Chaplinesque clerks who, with the help of a surprise legacy, attempt to scale the heights of knowledge--only to discover an abyss of stupidity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Temptation of St. Antony more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist Fascinated for years with the life of the Egyptian anchorite known as St. Anthony (b. 250 A.D.), Flaubert spent 25 years writing his own version. His disturbing fragmented chronicle, mostly in dialogue, stresses the difficulties of the spiritual life, presenting a deeply flawed saint--bitter, greedy, and sadistic--plagued by demons both internal ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.16! \| SVS
18 view cover	Best Known Works of Gustave Flaubert more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.78! \| first editions
19 view cover	Madame Bovary : life in a country town more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist Flaubert's portrait of an adulteress who seeks freedom from a prosaic, disappointing life and ultimately is destroyed by her selfishness was considered scandalous when it was published. Flaubert chose his subject to illustrate his belief that any aspect of life, however trivial or vulgar, could be a subject for literature, and could be raised to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.19! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Dictionary of Accepted Ideas more books like this by Gustave Flaubert add to wishlist THE DICTIONARY OF RECEIVED IDEAS, first published in 1913, was Flaubert's unfinished companion volume to BOUVARD AND PECOCHET, and was to include "everything one should say if one is to be considered a decent and likable member of society." see all copies from $2.91! new only from $5.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Margaret Mauldon (Translator), Professor Malcolm Bowie (Introduction by) add to wishlist 'Would this misery go on forever? Was there no escape? And yet she was every bit as good as all those other women who led happy lives!' When Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary she imagines she will pass into the life of luxury and passion that she reads about in sentimental novels and women's magazines. But Charles is a dull country doctor, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| SVS
22 view cover	Bouvard and Pecuchet with the Dictionary of Accepted Ideas more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Alban J Krailsheimer (Translator) add to wishlist Bouvard and Pecuchet are two Chaplinesque copy-clerks who meet on a park bench in Paris. Following an unexpected inheritence, they decide to give up their jobs and explore the world of ideas. see all copies from $3.52! new only from $8.50! \| SVS
23 view cover	Memoirs of a Madman more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Dr. Andrew Brown, Jr., LLB (Translator), Germaine Greer (Foreword by) add to wishlist An early novel, written when Flaubert was a teenager, about a romantic young man obsessed with a woman he can't have. His later L'EDUCATION SENTIMENTALE is based on it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.95! \| SVS
24	Flaubert - Sand : the correspondence more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, George Sand add to wishlist Translated, this correspondence, from 1863-76, is unique in the history of French literature. Never have two great writers set down their ideas so candidly and over so long a period on the most varied topics, including the genesis of their own writings, a commentary on the Paris theatre, gossip from the literary world and their own domestic lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.50! \| first editions
25 view cover	Salammbo: A Story of Ancient Carthage more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Alexander King (Illustrator) add to wishlist Flaubert's costume drama is set in Carthage in 146 B.C., at the end of the Punic Wars. A best seller in its day, it has been made into an opera and become a cult favorite. see all copies from $7.04! new only from $23.03! \| first editions \| SVS

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