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

ISBN: 0140435824

Author: Flaubert, Gustave

Condition: New

Flaubert's unforgettable memoirs of travels abroadAt once a classic of travel literature and a penetrating portrait of a sensibility on tour, Flaubert in Egypt wonderfully captures the young writers impressions during his 1849 voyages. Using diaries, letters, travel notes, and the evidence of Flauberts traveling companion, Maxime Du Camp, Francis Steegmuller reconstructs his journey through the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.