- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 128
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: Quirky classics
- EAN: 9781847496836
- Utgivelsesår: 2016
- Bidragsyter: Flaubert, Gustave
149,-
A spoof encyclopedia of contemporary accepted wisdom and commonplaces, the Dictionary of Received Ideas sees Flaubert at his witty and satirical best. Perhaps intended as a companion to his final, unfinished novel Bouvard and Pecuchet, this compilation was the result of a lifetime of collecting the absurd and the cliched with darkly humorous explanations.A playful look at nineteenth-century values and talking points, this dictionary will provide enduring entertainment and prove relevant even today.