The Works Of Gustave Flaubert - Bouvard Edition. Includes 8 Volumes As Follows:
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Madame Bovary - Volumes 1 & 2
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Sentimental Education - Volumes 1 & 2
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The Temptation Of St. Antony
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The Candidate
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Bouvard and Pecuchet - Volumes 1 & 2
Published by M. Walter Dunne: New York & London 1904 Copyright Date
(Volumes labelled as 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 - lacks 3 & 4 however included volumes are complete in their own right)
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The Works of Gustave Flaubert - Bouvard Edition is a substantial early twentieth-century English-language collected edition presenting the major writings of one of France's most influential literary figures. Published in 1904 by M. Walter Dunne of New York and London, this eight-volume collection brings together Flaubert's most important novels and philosophical works in a uniform, well-produced format intended for serious readers and collectors. The edition reflects the period's growing Anglo-American appreciation of French realist and post-romantic literature, positioning Flaubert alongside the great canonical novelists of the nineteenth century.
The set includes Madame Bovary (Volumes I & II), Flaubert's landmark realist novel whose clinical prose and devastating portrayal of provincial disillusionment reshaped modern fiction, alongside Sentimental Education (Volumes I & II), a broader, more reflective work chronicling youthful idealism, political upheaval, and emotional failure in post-revolutionary France. Complementing these are The Temptation of St. Antony, a dense and imaginative philosophical drama exploring faith, doubt, and obsession; The Candidate, a sharp satirical sketch of political ambition and bourgeois vanity; and Bouvard and Pécuchet (Volumes I & II), Flaubert's unfinished but ferociously comic critique of encyclopaedic knowledge, intellectual pretension, and the limits of rational inquiry.
Issued as part of the Bouvard Edition and enhanced with scholarly introductions, biographical material, and period illustrations, this 1904 collection embodies the era's ambition to present world literature in authoritative, collectible form. Bound uniformly and printed on quality paper, it stands as both a literary and material artifact of early twentieth-century publishing culture. Today, the set offers a comprehensive entry into Flaubert's intellectual world and enduring themes of realism, irony, and human folly, and would appeal particularly to collectors of classic French literature in translation, students of literary realism, and readers drawn to foundational works of the modern novel.
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General wear, fading and some staining to covers and spines as shown. Pages clean and bright and beautifully presented. Bindings are solid with no loose pages and firm, secure covers. A nice 8 volume collection in good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
