Flaubert, Gustave (1821-1880). Madame Bovary. Provincial Matters. Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx-Aveling. London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886.
8vo. 2pp. publisher's ads at front; frontispiece and 5 plates; 32pp. ads at end. Original blue-green cloth stamped in gilt and black (slight lean, spine lightly sunned with some rubbing to joints, foot dampstained, front hinge starting).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF FLAUBERT'S MASTERPIECE. Madame Bovary has been seen as a disparaging commentary on the bourgeoisie; and rather fittingly, the English translation of this edition was made by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, Karl Marx's daughter.
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