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Madame Bovary (Penguin Drop Caps)[包法利夫人]

内容简介

FromAtoZ,thePenguinDropCapsseriescollects26uniquehardcovers—featuringcoverartbytypesuperstarJessicaHischeItallbeginswithaletter.FallinlovewithPenguinDropCaps,anewseriesoftwenty-sixcollectibleandgift-worthyhardcovereditions,eachwithatypecovershowcasingagorgeouslyillustratedletterofthealphabetbysuperstartypedesignerJessicaHische,whoseworkhasappearedeverywherefromTiffany&Co.toWesAnderson'sfilmMoonriseKingdomtoPenguin'sownbestsellersCommittedandRulesofCivility.AcollaborationbetweenJessicaHischeandPenguinArtDirectorPaulBuckley,theseriesdesignencompassesfoil-stampedpaper-over-boardcasesinarainbow-huedspectrumacrossalltwenty-sixbookspinesandadecorativestainonallthreepaperedges.PenguinDropCapsdebutswithan“A”forJaneAusten’sPrideandPrejudice,a“B”forCharlotteBrontë’sJaneEyre,anda“C”forWillaCather’sMyÁntonia,andcontinueswithmoreclassicsfromPenguin.FisforFlaubert.EmmaBovaryistheoriginaldesperatehousewife.Beautifulbutbored,sheismarriedtotheprovincialdoctorCharlesBovaryyetharborsdreamsofanelegantandpassionatelife.Escapingintosentimentalnovels,shefindsherfantasiesdashedbythetediumofherdays.Motherhoodprovestobeaburden;religionisonlyabriefdistraction.Inanefforttomakeherlifeeverythingshebelievesitshouldbe,shespendslavishlyonclothesandonherhomeandembarksontwodisappointingaffairs.Soonheartbrokenandcrippledbydebts,Emmatakesdrasticactionwithtragicconsequencesforherhusbandanddaughter.Whenpublishedin1857,MadameBovarywasdeemedsolifelikethatmanywomenclaimedtheywerethemodelforitsheroine.Todaythenovelisconsideredthefirstmasterpieceofrealistfiction.InthislandmarktranslationofFlaubert’smasterwork,LydiaDavishonorsthenuancesandparticularsofastylethathaslongbeguiledreadersofFrench,givingnewlifeinEnglishtothebookthatredefinedthenovelasanartform.

作者简介

GUSTAVEFLAUBERTwasborninRouenin1821,thesonofaprominentphysician.Asolitarychild,hewasattractedtoliteratureatanearlyage,andafterhisrecoveryfromanervousbreakdownsufferedwhilealawstudent,heturnedhistotalenergiestowriting.AsidefromjourneystotheNearEast,Greece,Italy,andNorthAfrica,andastormyliaisonwiththepoetessLouiseColet,hislifewasdedicatedtothepracticeofhisart.Theformofhisworkwasmarkedbyintenseaestheticscrupulousnessandpassionatepursuitoflemotjuste;itscontentalternatelyreflectedscornforFrenchbourgeoissocietyandaromantictasteforexotichistoricalsubjectmatter.ThesuccessofMadameBovary(1857)wasensuredbygovernmentprosecutionfor“immorality”;Salammbô(1862)andTheSentimentalEducation(1869)receivedacoolpublicreception;notuntilthepublicationofThreeTales(1877)washisgeniuspopularlyacknowledged.Amongfellowwriters,however,hisreputationwassupreme.HiscircleoffriendsincludedTurgenevandtheGoncourtbrothers,whiletheyoungGuydeMaupassantunderwentanarduousliteraryapprenticeshipunderhisdirection.Increasingpersonalisolationandfinancialinsecuritytroubledhislastyears.HisfinalbitternessanddisillusionwerevividlyevidencedinthesavagelysatiricBouvardandPécuchet,leftunfinishedathisdeathin1880.

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