Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # 8025943-6
Synopsis: From the highly acclaimed author of Zola: A Life comes the definitive biography of Gustave Flaubert, author of Madame Bovary.Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), whose Madame Bovary outraged the right-thinking bourgeoisie, is now brought to life as the singular person and artist he was. As Frederick Brown reveals, Flaubert was fraught with contradiction--a sedentary man who took epic voyages through Egypt and the Middle East; a man of genius who could be flamboyantly uncouth, but was fanatically devoted to beautifully cadenced prose. While making much of his camaraderie with male friends, Flaubert depended upon the emotional nurture of maternal women, notably George Sand, with whom he engaged in a justly celebrated correspondence. His assorted mistresses--French, Egyptian, and English--fed both his richly erotic imagination and his fictional characters, and his letters provide a record of them.Flaubert's time and place literally put him on trial for portraying lewd behavior in Madame Bovary. His milieu also made him a celebrity and, indirectly, brought about his financial ruin. Flaubert died suddenly at the age of fifty-nine, and soon afterward, his beloved retreat near Rouen was torn down and converted into a distillery to cover his niece's debts. He privately dreamed of popular success, which he in fact achieved with Madame Bovary, but never sacrificed to it his ideal of artistic integrity. Frederick Brown's magisterial biography honors his subject's life, times, and legacy.
About the Author: Frederick Brown is the author of An Impersonation of Angels: A Biography of Jean Cocteau; Père-Lachaise, Theater and Revolution; and Zola: A Life. Twice the recipient of both Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, he lives in New York City.
Title: Flaubert : A Biography
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.
Book Description Condition: Good. First Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP76410173
Book Description Condition: Good. First Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 9716357-6
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. White boards in Pissaro illustrated wraps, 8vo. 1st ed. 628pp. Index, notes, bibliography. 16-page section b/w plates. VG/Fine. Book is slight shaken, but binding holding tight. Otherwise, book and jacket are fine: bright, clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 002385
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st USPrinting. Seller Inventory # 153333
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. (2006), 628pp, illus., top corners slightly bumped, smudge to fep, slight edgewear to dj, contents clean. Seller Inventory # 15-0368
Book Description hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition, complete line of . NOT an ex library book. 628 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped. Seller Inventory # 345143
Book Description Very good in very lightly edgeworn jacket First Printing hardbound. Seller Inventory # BOOKS016470
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Stated. 628 pp. Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index. 24 pages of b&w plates. A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist for Biography, this detailed biography of French novelist Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) illuminates the life and times of the author of MADAME BOVARY. Book shows slight shelf wear and soil to bottom page edges. Seller Inventory # 01526
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. USA First edition, first impression 2006 fine hardback in a fine wrapper. No inscription. Not price clipped. 628 pages with index. Bibliography. Seller Inventory # 0014960
Book Description hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Dust Jacket Condition: very good(+). First. Illustrated in black and white. 628 pages, 8vo, white boards, dust wrapper. New York: Little, Brown and Company, (2006). First edition. Very good(+). Seller Inventory # 235524