Author: Flaubert, Gustave & Marx Aveling, Eleanor [translator]
Title: Madame Bovary
Description: Jonathan Cape, 1936, 3rd impression thus. Cloth, VG. 320pp, cloth a little faded & marked, bookplate, a good copy. Florin Books vol 29. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Flauberts first published work & one for which he was prosecuted. His seemingly naturalistic style was acheived by rigid perfectionism & his belief in 'Art for Arts Sake'. A landmark in the development of the modern novel. Translated from the 'Definitive' French edition.

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