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There hasn't been a definitive biography of Flaubert since Enid Starkie's classic, but inevitably dated, biography of 1971. Using sources not then available to Starkie, including Flaubert's complete correspondences with George Sand, Maupassant and Turgenev, Brown explores Flaubert's life and times, character and writings. The exuberant and controversial French literary milieu of the time is evocatively rendered as we learn about Flaubert's time sharing a flat in Paris in the 1870's with a literary set that included Zola and Turgenev, his travels to the Middle East and elsewhere, all told with the skill and elegance so evident in Brown's magnificent biography of Zola. Flaubert is famed for his contradictory character- gregarious enough to establish himself at the court of Napoleon III, to maintain lively correspondecne with many celebrated contemporaries, and fulfill his penchant for mistresses, yet he spent most of his life living with his mother and never really moved out. In weaving together the fluctutations of Flaubert's life, Brown seeks to locate the unities underlying the apparent contradictions, creating a rich, readable and dazzlingly informed portrait of a great writerProduct Identifiers
PublisherCornerstone
ISBN-139780434007691
eBay Product ID (ePID)87230925
Product Key Features
Publication Year2006
TopicLiterature
Book TitleFlaubert
Number of Pages640 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorFrederick Brown
FormatHardcover
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Item Weight992 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorFrederick Brown
