Gustave Flaubert and Ivan Turgenev are two of my favorite writers; Madame Bovary and The Hunter’s Sketches are two of my favorite books.

This book consists of an edited selection of Flaubert’s later (post-Bovary) letters, including his correspondence with George Sand. Many of his letters are delightful, and I must say I rather enjoy the fact that, on occasion, he can be stupendously potty-mouthed!

In één woord: verslavend, de brieven van Flaubert.

He is such a big old bitch, love this guy

Read this out of order before the first volume. Acquired after reading about his letters in Flaubert's Parrot just over a year ago. His correspondence with Geo. Sand about Art, literature and the author's place in the creation of the same is breathtaking. Really rewarding reading.