Author: FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE Title: Madame Bovary: Patterns of Provincial Life (Steegmuller Translation) (Modern Library Isbn Series, Spine 17)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, 1992. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679600132. Gustave Flaubert's novel, considered scandalous when first published in 1857, in an English language Modern Library reprint edition. This work has been described as ".the most perfect novel ever created" by British literary critic Arthur Symonds. Translated from the French, and with an introduction by Francis Steegmuller. Also with an unattributed biographical sketch of the author. --- In Toledano spine 17 / grey cloth / blindstamped torchbearer device to cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / Bernhard endpapers / jacket style r with author black and white photographic portrait on cover and spine, verso blank. --- With prior owner's circular embossed stamp to half-title page, else a bright, clean, unmarked copy lacking obvious damages. Bright, unclipped jacket ($15.50) with very light chafing to edges; protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xx, 445, [4] pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0679600132 >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Modern Library Editions
Price: US$ 17.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
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