An edition of Le dictionnaire des idées reçues (1913)
Le dictionnaire des idées reçues
By Gustave Flaubert
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Publish Date
1913
Publisher
L. Conard
Language
fre
Pages
97
Description:
An English translation of "Dictionnaire des idées reçues", a postumous publication of Flaubert's collection of overheard comments, "the cliché, the platitude, the borrowed and unquestioned idea", "absurdities", "half-truths, and social lies." "[A] very contemporary self-portrait of the middle-class philistine, a species as much alive today as when Flaubert railed against him"--P. 4. of cover.
subjects: French wit and humor, Esprit et humour français, Humor, Wisdom, Citas, Diccionarios, Philosophy