Madame Bovary : a story of provincial life.
by Gustave Flaubert, illustrated by John Austen:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1931. Second impression (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), xxv, 416pp. 14 b&w plates and text illustrations by John Austen. Translated with an iintroduction by J Lewis May. Original black cloth, gilt titling and design to the front board and the spine, dustwrapper. Light bumping to the corners of the boards, light foxing of the preliminary pages; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (light chafing of the extremities). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.
Synopsis
Madame Bovary is Gustave Flaubert's first novel and considered his masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76066
- Title
- Madame Bovary : a story of provincial life.
- Author
- Gustave Flaubert, illustrated by John Austen:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1931.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
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About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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