"Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life" by Gustave Flaubert is a story about two office workers, Bouvard and Pécuchet, who are tired of their boring city lives. They unexpectedly become friends on a Sunday in Paris, bonding over their unhappiness and dreams of something better. After Bouvard receives an inheritance, they decide to leave everything behind and chase a new life in the countryside, including starting a farm. The beginning follows their funny conversations and political talks that shows the start of their journey as they start their new adventure, which reveals Flaubert's view on ambition, learning, and what it means to be human, all while making fun of the middle class who are trying to be something they are not.
Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, part 1
By Gustave Flaubert
Two dissatisfied clerks abandon their mundane lives for a countryside escape, only to face hilarious challenges and misadventures as they pursue agriculture and self-improvement.
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About the AuthorGustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection, so the presentation of reality tends to be neutral, emphasizing the values and importance of style as an objective method of presenting reality". He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.
Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection, so the presentation of reality tends to be neutral, emphasizing the values and importance of style as an objective method of presenting reality". He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.
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