![]() This book was released on with total page 328 pages. Flaubert shows his unlikely protagonists diving disastrously into everything from farming and politics to literature and love, and coming up empty-handed each time - until, finally, their obsessive pursuit of knowledge becomes an end in itself." Bouvard and Pecuchet unravels the novel's realist tradition, and sets the stage for the modernist innovations of Kafka, Joyce, and Beckett.Äownload or read book Bouvard and Pecuchet written by Gustave Flaubert and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. ![]() ![]() Book excerpt: Considered Gustave Flaubert's masterpiece, Bouvard and Pecuchet opens with two middle-aged copy-clerks who become fast friends after meeting on a city bench and discovering their shared habit of writing their names in their hats: "I should say so! Someone could walk off with mine at the office!" When a small inheritance allows Bouvard and Pecuchet to retire early and move to the country, they use their newfound leisure time to satisfy their curiosity about all the things they'd been too busy to study in the city. This book was released on with total page 352 pages. ![]() Book Synopsis Bouvard and Pecuchet by : Gustave FlaubertÄownload or read book Bouvard and Pecuchet written by Gustave Flaubert and published by Penguin Classics. ![]()
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