The Dictionary of Received Ideas (Syrens S.) - Softcover

Wall, Geoffrey; Flaubert, Gustave; Barnes, Julian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140389040 ISBN 13: 9780140389043

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1994

Synopsis

An insightful and playful look at nineteenth-century values and talking points, this dictionary will provide enduring entertainment and prove relevant in any age 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 Pecuchet, this compilation was the result of a lifetime of collecting the absurd and the cliched, and providing darkly humorous explanations. This impressive new translation of a classic by the author of Madame Bovary is also currently the only edition in print in the English language.

About this title

About the Author:

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) is regarded as one of the greatest novelists of all time. He is best known for his works Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education. Christopher Moncrieff has previously translated the work of Jean-Euphele Milce and Victor Hugo. Gregory Norminton is the author of Ghost Portrait, Serious Things, and The Ship of Fools, among others.

Synopsis:

This is a miniature encyclopedia of 19th-century bourgeois values, a dictionary that takes a humorous look at life in that century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0140389040
• ISBN 13: 9780140389043
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 67