Dictionary of Received Ideas

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<b>An insightful and playful look at nineteenth-century values and talking points, this dictionary will provide enduring entertainment and prove relevant in any age</b><b> <i></i> </b> A spoof encyclopedia of contemporary accepted wisdom and commonplaces, <i>The Dictionary of Received Ideas</i> sees Flaubert at his witty and satirical best. Perhaps intended as a companion to his final, unfinished novel <i>Bouvard and Pécuchet</i>, this compilation was the result of a lifetime of collecting the absurd and the clichéd, and providing darkly humorous explanations. This impressive new translation of a classic by the author of <i>Madame Bovary </i>is also currently the only edition in print in the English language.