Madame Bovary: Patterns of Provincial Life - Rilegato

Flaubert, Gustave

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ISBN 10: 0679600132 ISBN 13: 9780679600138

Casa editrice: Modern Library, 1992

Riassunto

Bored by her dull husband and the restrictions of middle class life, Emma Bovary searches for excitement and romance, but finds tragedy instead

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Recensione:

"Madame Bovary is like the railroad stations erected in its epoch: graceful, even floral, but cast of iron." -- John Updike
From the Trade Paperback edition.

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The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with affordable hardbound editions of important works of literature and thought. For the Modern Library's seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series, restoring as its emblem the running torch-bearer created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925 and refurbishing jackets, bindings, and type, as well as inaugurating a new program of selecting titles. The Modern Library continues to provide the world's best books, a

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• Editore: Modern Library
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0679600132
• ISBN 13: 9780679600138
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 445