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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew windows into the mind of a literary genius are as intimate or as revelatory as his private correspondence, and...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good — dust jackets present on both volumes, clean with minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding condition: Tight and...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Clipped DJ with some tears. Some foxing on book blocks. Clean text. This two-volume set of "The Letters of Gustave Flaubert," translated and edited by Francis...

Seen by many as the culmination of Sartre's thought and project, and viewed by Sartre himself as an attempt to answer the question, "What, at this point in time, can...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Gustave Flaubert stands as one of the most exacting and influential figures...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew writers have left behind a literary legacy as towering — and as tormented — as Gustave Flaubert, and John Charles Tarver's Gustave Flaubert: As Seen...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: in good condition with minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears tight and intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A landmark...

The book titled Letters by the author Gustave Flaubert. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew novels in the Western canon have so devastatingly laid bare the collision between romantic illusion and provincial reality...

Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the winter of 1849–1850, Gustave Flaubert — not yet the celebrated author of Madame Bovary — embarked on an extraordinary journey through Egypt, a land...

A great blonde giant of a man, Gustave Flaubert lived at home with his widowed mother, writing wonderful novels at the rate of five words an hour, escaping to Paris,...

Three stories that form Flaubert's last complete work and reveal him as a master of the short story form. First published in 1877, these three stories are dominated by questions...

Florence Nightingale, Gustave Flaubert and the temptations of Egypt In the winter of 1849, Florence Nightingale was an unknown 29-year-old - beautiful, well-born and deeply unhappy. After clashing with her...

Set against the backdrop of the 1848 Revolution, A Sentimental Education is the story of young lawyer Fr 'ed 'eric Moreau's infatuation with the demurely exotic Madame Arnoux. This book...

The story of a life-long infatuation, which is seen by many as Flaubert's masterpiece Sentimental Education begins with the hero - Frederic Moreau - leaving Paris and returning to the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew writers have shaped the contours of modern fiction as profoundly as Gustave Flaubert, and Jonathan Culler's Flaubert: The Uses of Uncertainty presents a...

An epic story of lust, cruelty, and sensuality, this historical novel is set in Carthage in the days following the First Punic War with Rome.

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work of literary biography, Flaubert:...

The searing, tragic French classic in a gorgeous clothbound edition Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of...

The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author During a time of great turmoil, Gustave Flaubert created literature's most scandalous heroine: Madame Bovary. He then poisoned her with arsenic....

This volume includes A Simple Heart, The legend of St Julian Hospitator and Herodias. These three pieces of fiction by the 19th-century French naturalist are introduced by an essay describing...

Condition remarks:Book: NewJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. New in shrink wrap. In one of the most ambitious acts of literary criticism of the twentieth...

'An intricate and delightful novel' (Graham Greene) from Booker prize-winning author Julian Barnes. Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave...

Few things are as exciting as the idea of travelling somewhere far from home. Somewhere with better weather, more interesting customs and more inspiring landscapes. So why are we so...

Acclaimed novelist and essayist Francine du Plessix Gray paints a spirited portrait of a woman who defied the rules and expectations of a misogynistic society to become one of its...

The secret history of novelists is often a history of exile and tourism a history of language learning. Like the story of Gustave Flaubert and Juliet Herbert, it is a...

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Before publishing the sensuous and scandalous poems of Les Fleurs du Mal, Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) had already earned respect as a forthright and witty critic of art and literature. This...

Author: Christel Ludewig MccanlessBinding: HardbackPublished: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly volume presents a comprehensive annotated bibliography...

The 100 finest short stories ever written, collected in one gorgeous volume. Profound, lyrical, shocking, wise: the short story is capable of almost anything. This collection of 100 of the...

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Over the course of his astonishing fifty-year career, V.S. Naipaul's writing has been characterized by a commitment to truth that gives his work a unique luminosity and brilliance. In "A...

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From one of the world's leading Buddhist scholars, a deeply researched and unprecedented portrait of the Buddha Like Jesus and Muhammad, the Buddha is one of the most significant figures...

One of the great forerunners of 20th century painting This richly illustrated and expert study follows the artist from the early gloom-laden paintings in which he captured the misery of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew figures in the annals of colonial administration loom as large — or remain as fascinating — as Sir...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Langton Quartet by Martin Boyd is a four-volume family saga of Australian literary fiction that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersA cornerstone of Australasian literary...

The book we've all been waiting for, national treasure Judi Dench opens her almost inexhaustible collection of memories from life and acting. You might think you know Judi Dench. In...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the twilight years of steam-powered rail, photographer and railway enthusiast Shane McCarthy undertook a remarkable visual journey across Australia and New Zealand, capturing the...