Salambo

Gustave Flaubert

ISBN 10: 0805502475 / ISBN 13: 9780805502473

Edité par Hart, 1976

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Clean tight copy with no markings. A strip has been cut off at top of title page, probably to remove previous owner name. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

N° de réf. du vendeur 013738

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Salambo
• Éditeur: Hart
• Date de parution: 1976
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0805502475
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780805502473
• Reliure: Soft Cover
• Illustrateur: Robert Gibbings
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

Book by Flaubert Gustave

Présentation de l'éditeur

Salammbô 1862 is a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert. It is set in Carthage during the 3rd century BC, immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt which took place shortly after the First Punic War. Flaubert's main source was Book I of Polybius's Histories. It was not a particularly well-studied period of history and required a great deal of work from the author, who enthusiastically left behind the realism of his masterpiece Madame Bovary for this melodramatic, blood-soaked tale. The book, which Flaubert researched painstakingly, is largely an exercise in sensuous and violent exoticism. Following the success of Madame Bovary, it was another best-seller and sealed his reputation. The Carthaginian costumes described in it even left traces on the fashions of the time. Nevertheless, in spite of its classic status in France, it is not widely known today among English speakers.