Letters of Gustave Flaubert,
Volumes I and II, 1830-1880

Edited and translated from the French by Francis Steegmuller
Foreword by Anita Brookner
December 2001
Macmillan
ISBN: 0330488473
720 pages, illustrated, 6 ¼ x 9 ½"
$57.50 hardcover set

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From The London Times: "Rapid, picturesque, frequently obscene, the letters overflow with life and energy, delight and disgust perpetually trembling in the balance."

Through his letters, the reader is immediately transported to Flaubert's world, with something of interest for everyone, whether it be the intimate revelations of an original mind or the rich portrait of a time & place or the linguistic brilliance of a great writer. We learn of the young Flaubert, unhappy at law school, and tormented as a lover. We travel with him to the temples and brothels of Egypt and then to Palestine, Turkey and Tunisia. We witness some of the most remarkable literature of the 19th Century, and then settle down with him to a cultured and financially insecure old age.

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