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Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life
by Flaubert, Gustave
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0805512004
- ISBN 13
- 9780805512007
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Hart Publishing Co, New York, 1977. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. Illustrator: John Austen. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 459 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing present other than edges of the text block.. Edges slightly foxed. The book has been read and carries some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Along with Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina," Flaubert's tragic novel stands as an ultimate portrayal of infidelity. Inciting a backlash of immorality charges, the novel was nevertheless an overwhelming success. Today it retains the power to generate empathy and compassion for its realistically drawn characters and admiration for Flaubert's controlled yet evocative style. Hart Illustrated Edition Illustrator: John Austen. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; France; 19th century; Literature, Literary, Poetry & Drama. ISBN: 0805512004. ISBN/EAN: 9780805512007. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8321. . 9780805512007
Synopsis
Madame Bovary is Gustave Flaubert's first novel and considered his masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns.
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8321
- Title
- Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life
- Author
- Flaubert, Gustave
- Illustrator
- John Austen
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0805512004
- ISBN 13
- 9780805512007
- Publisher
- Hart Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- BZDB137 gustave flaubert, madame bovary, french, literature, illustrated, Fiction; France; 19th century; Literature, Literary, Poetry & Drama. John Austen ISBN: 0805512004 EAN: 9780805512007 Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Lif
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
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- New
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- Trade Paperback
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
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