Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour (Penguin Classics)

by Francis Steegmuller (Introduction), Gustave Flaubert (Author), Francis Steegmuller (Introduction), Gustave Flaubert (Author)

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  Illustrated
  1996

  $10.75

  At once a classic of travel literature and a penetrating portrait of a 'sensibility on tour', Flaubert in Egypt wonderfully captures the young writer's impressions during his 1849 voyages. Using diaries, letters, travel notes, and the evidence of Flaubert's travelling companion, Maxime Du Camp, Francis Steegmuller reconstructs his journey through the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea.