Bouvard und Pécuchet: Roman aus dem Nachlass by Gustave Flaubert
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"Bouvard und Pécuchet: Roman aus dem Nachlass" by Gustave Flaubert is an unfinished satirical novel published in 1881. Two Parisian copy-clerks become friends and move to the French countryside after one inherits a fortune. They embark on an ambitious quest for knowledge, attempting to master nearly every field of study—from agriculture to philosophy. Each endeavor ends in failure, exposing the limitations of human understanding. Their intellectual misadventures strain relations with suspicious villagers,
leading toward an unexpected conclusion about the pursuit of wisdom. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Fischer, E. W. (Eduard Wilhelm), 1876-1960 |
| Title | Bouvard und Pécuchet: Roman aus dem Nachlass |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvard_et_P%C3%A9cuchet Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvard_und_P%C3%A9cuchet |
| Credits |
Produced by Jana Srna, Reiner Ruf, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Middle class -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Middle class -- France -- Retirement -- Fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into German |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 63096 |
| Release Date | Sep 1, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 362 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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