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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Letters from America (Hardcover)
Alexis De Tocqueville; Edited by Frederick Brown; Introduction by Frederick Brown
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R651
Discovery Miles 6 510
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Young Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in the United States for the
first time in May 1831, commissioned by the French government to
study the American prison system. For the next nine months he and
his companion, Gustave de Beaumont, traveled and observed not only
prisons but also the political, economic, and social systems of the
early republic. Along the way, they frequently reported back to
friends and family members in France. This book presents the first
translation of the complete letters Tocqueville wrote during that
seminal journey, accompanied by excerpts from Beaumont's
correspondence that provide details or different perspectives on
the places, people, and American life and attitudes the travelers
encountered. These delightful letters provide an intimate portrait
of the complicated, talented Tocqueville, who opened himself
without prejudice to the world of Jacksonian America. Moreover,
they contain many of the impressions and ideas that served as
preliminary sketches for Democracy in America, his classic account
of the American democratic system that remains an important
reference work to this day. Accessible, witty, and charming, the
letters Tocqueville penned while in America are of major interest
to general readers, scholars, and students alike.
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Madame Bovary (Paperback)
Gustave Flaubert; Translated by Mildred Marmur; Introduction by Robin Morgan; Afterword by Frederick Brown
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R290
R247
Discovery Miles 2 470
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Both embodiment and victim of the self-satisfied nineteenth-century
French bourgeoisie, Emma Bovary lives in pursuit of something more,
like the world depicted in the romance novels that have come to
define her. Emma is oblivious to the realities of life, and her
romantic delusions and search for transcendence through sex, money,
and social position serve only to drive the increasingly troubled
woman into an irreversible moral, emotional, and spiritual decline.
That the author depicted his heroine in neutral terms, without
condemnation, resulted in obscenity charges from the French courts,
which likened the "lascivious" "Madame Bovary"'s "lack of
restraint" to "a woman who throws off all garments." Exactly.
"Madame Bovary "remains one of the most daring and liberating
novels ever written.
Includes The Trial of Madame Bovary
Translated by Mildred Marmur
With an Introduction by Robin Morgan and a New Afterword by
Frederick Brown
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