The Dictionary of Received Ideas

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 and providing darkly humorous explanations. This impressive new translation of a classic by the author of Madame Bovary is also currently the only edition in print in the English language.

Publisher: One World Classics
Date Published: 2010
Book Condition: Very good hardcover with minor surface and edge wear to cover. A small mark to outer edge of text block. Otherwise, an unmarked copy internally.