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Flaubert in Egypt

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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 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.

230 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1849
Places
egypt, 

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Format
230 pages, Paperback
Published
March 30, 1996 by Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)
ISBN
9780140435825
ASIN
0140435824
Language
English

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Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection, so the presentation of reality tends to be neutral, emphasizing the values and importance of style as an objective method of presenting reality". He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.

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MaoMao12
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April 16,2025
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مقالات متفرقة، كتبها فلوبير على شكل يوميات إبان رحلته لمصر قبل 180 سنة! كما تضمنت رسائله فيها لأمه وأصدقائه، مجموعةً بين دفتي هذا الكتاب، وبترجمة لذيذة.

مصر التي أدهشت فلوبير وجعلته يعشقها عام 1850، هي نفسها مصر التي أدهشتني وعشقتها عندنا زرتها أعوام 2020 و 2022 و2023، بنيلها وهواءها وآثارها ومقاهيها وشوراعها ومكتباتها، والأهم بأهلها - بل بأهلي- النبلاء الأحباء إلى قلبي ونفسي.

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Arkuatic
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April 16,2025
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I liked this book at the beginning - Flaubert is a masterful and entertaining writer. However, his accounts of the grotesque and the debauched got pretty repetitive. There are a few moments of introspection, but also a lot of orientalist nonsense. I was expecting more from one of my favorite authors.
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aesir_valkyrie15
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April 16,2025
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It is sometimes difficult to imagine this fellow is responsible for some of the most impressive novels of western lit. Nothing much seems to point to his being either particularly observant or a devoted worker. Still travel literature of the era are fascinating for the perhaps unspoiled nature of the Egyptian antiquities being studied.
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RetardedHyena
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April 16,2025
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Intriguing travel book that takes us into the artistic simmering pot of Flaubert's mind. Throughly enjoyed the comparison of Flaubert's and Du Camp's visions of the journey.
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April 16,2025
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I probably wouldn't have enjoyed this book very much if I hadn't been here in Egypt. It really is just a collection of travel notes and observations, but when read in it's proper setting, it provides an interesting perspective on Egyptian culture and history.
It's amazing how some things simply remain in this seemingly fast moving world. All the monuments and buildings described in this book are still here, and life in Egypt doesn't seem to have changed much since Flaubert made his journey.
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shadowedbeing
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April 16,2025
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Le donneur de voie sur Audible à une diction parfaire, le texte que j'écoute avant de dormir fait voyager ! Après Flaubert à tirer sur des chiens errants et à se taper des gamines de 15 ans m'a l'air d'un type louche :p
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April 16,2025
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I love Flaubert. but some of the stuff in this book....
Enjoyed the why it was written.

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futecamku
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April 16,2025
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As per the title: Flaubert's journals/letters/remarks on his travels in "the Orient". Strangely fascinated, totally sensualized, hopelessly eurocentric, Flaubert is an interesting adventurer in a land he doesn't comprehend, despite his many investigations. Not a bad read, I guess, but if it weren't for a class I would never have picked this one up. I should note that the editor has done a lousy job, and it seems rather piecemeal and splotchy, with spliced in letters from others, and no real centered voice emergent.
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