by Gustave Flaubert · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · tapa blanda · ISBN 3270190372059
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«Bouvard et Pécuchet» is the satirical novel by Gustave Flaubert, published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform in paperback, in French.
Two Parisian copyists, after inheriting a fortune, retire to the countryside to attempt an encyclopedic mastery of every branch of knowledge, from agriculture to philosophy. The protagonists' repeated failures in applying what they have learned give rise to a satire on pedantry, credulity, and the limits of human knowledge.
Posthumous work, published in 1881 and left unfinished by Flaubert's death; the French edition is in paperback.
Recommended for readers with knowledge of French who appreciate nineteenth-century classical literature and intellectual satire.
Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.
