Dictionnaire des idées reçues by Gustave Flaubert
"Dictionnaire des idées reçues" by Gustave Flaubert is a satirical dictionary compiled during the 1870s and published in 1911-13. This wickedly funny work catalogs the clichés and automatic thoughts that plagued French society under the Second Empire. Structured as a mock dictionary, it exposes the absurdity of received wisdom through entries that reveal self-contradictory platitudes and insipid commonplaces. Flaubert spent his life perfecting this devastating critique of stupidity, creating a book where
readers would fear speaking lest they repeat one of its skewered phrases. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880 |
|---|---|
| Title | Dictionnaire des idées reçues |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_Received_Ideas Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_des_id%C3%A9es_re%C3%A7ues |
| Credits | Produced by Ebooks libres et gratuits at www.ebooksgratuits.com |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French wit and humor |
| Subject | Wisdom -- Humor |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 14156 |
| Release Date | Nov 26, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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