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Although unfinished during his lifetime, Bouvard and P cuchet is now considered one of Flaubert's greatest masterpieces.

In Flaubert's own words, the novel is "a kind of encyclopedia made into farce . . . A book in which I shall spit out my bile." At the center... Read Full Overview

Par un chaud dimanche d' t , pr s du canal Saint-Martin, sur le boulevard Bourdon, Paris, deux promeneurs, Bouvard et P cuchet, se rencontrent par hasard sur un banc public et font connaissance. Ils s'aper oivent qu'ils ont eu tous deux l'id e d' crire leur nom dans leur chapeau:... Read Full Overview

Par une chaude journ e d' t , Paris, deux hommes, Bouvard et P cuchet, se rencontrent et font connaissance. Ils d couvrent que, non seulement ils exercent le m me m tier (copiste), mais en plus ils ont les m mes centres d'int r ts. S'ils le pouvaient, ils aimeraient vivre ... Read Full Overview

The Complete Works Of Gustave Flaubert: Bouvard And Pecuchet, A Tragi-Comic Novel Of Bourgeois Life V1 is a book written by the renowned French author Gustave Flaubert. The book is a compilation of Flaubert's works and includes one of his most famous novels, Bouvard And Pecuchet... Read Full Overview

Gustave Flaubert was one of the 19th century's most famous authors. A French novelist, Flaubert led the way for the Realism literary movement in that country at a time that it was sweeping across Europe and the United States, and works like Madame Bovary are still wildly popular... Read Full Overview

Extrait : Comme il faisait une chaleur de 33 degr?s, le boulevard Bourdon se trouvait absolument d?sert. Plus bas, le canal Saint-Martin, ferm? par les deux ?cluses, ?talait en ligne droite son eau couleur d'encre. Il y avait au milieu un bateau plein de bois, et sur la berge... Read Full Overview

Gustave Flaubert's "Bouvard and P cuchet" is a masterful satire of 19th-century French society, articulating the absurdity of amateur intellectualism and the misguided pursuit of knowledge. Through the misadventures of its two protagonists, Bouvard and P cuchet, Flaubert critiques... Read Full Overview

Nowhere do Flaubert's explorations of the relation of signs to the objects they signify reach a more thorough study than in this work. Bouvard and P cuchet systematically confuse signs and symbols with reality, an assumption that causes them much suffering, as it does for Emma... Read Full Overview

In Bouvard and P cuchet (Part 1), Flaubert crafts a biting satire of intellectual pretension and the pursuit of knowledge. Following the escapades of two bumbling protagonists, the story delves into their ill-fated attempts to master disciplines ranging from chemistry to philosophy... Read Full Overview

The book "" Bouvard and P?cuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, part 1 "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present... Read Full Overview

Gustave Flaubert (12 December 1821 - 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection,... Read Full Overview

Bouvard et P cuchet is an unfinished satirical work by Gustave Flaubert, published in 1881 after his death in 1880.