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THE DICTIONARY OF RECEIVED IDEAS

THE DICTIONARY OF RECEIVED IDEAS

GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

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ALMA CLASSICS
Year of publication:
2016
ISBN:
978-1-84749-683-6
Pages:
128
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A spoof encyclopedia of contemporary accepted wisdom and commonplaces, the Dictionary of Received Ideas sees Flaubert at his witty and satirical best. Perhaps intended as a companion to his final, unfinished novel Bouvard and Pécuchet, this compilation was the result of a lifetime of collecting the absurd and the clichéd with darkly humorous explanations.A playful look at nineteenth-century values and talking points, this dictionary will provide enduring entertainment and prove relevant even today.

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