Dictionary of Accepted Ideas

by Flaubert, Gustave

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New Directions, 1968. Pages unmarked. Covers edge & shelfworn. Back cover discolored along edges. Outermost pages lightly spotted. Binding firm.. ISBN: 081120054X . Trade Paperback. Good. French Literature Social Satire Humor Irony Cliches Platitudes.

Book summary

THE DICTIONARY OF RECEIVED IDEAS, first published in 1913, was Flaubert's unfinished companion volume to BOUVARD AND PECOCHET, and was to include "everything one should say if one is to be considered a decent and likable member of society."