Fear was my gateway to becoming interested in stories. My nanny growing up, a Scottish expat named Jackie with a fox pelt of red hair and a manic...
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This novel contrasts the hollowness of materialism with the beauty of the ideal. Comic moments woven into a love story set in 19th century post-revolutionary France.
Synopsis:
Weaving a poignant love story into his account of the 1848 Revolution, Flaubert shows a society in the grip of stereotypes, on every level.
"Synopsis"
by Gardners,
Weaving a poignant love story into his account of the 1848 Revolution, Flaubert shows a society in the grip of stereotypes, on every level.
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