Dictionary of Accepted Ideas

by Gustave Flaubert
Dictionary of Accepted Ideas  
published 1968 by New Directions Publishing Corporation
binding Paperback
isbn 081120054X   (isbn13: 9780811200547)
date added
10-13-06



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Geoff
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I curse Jonathan for getting me into this! He sent me one of his cryptic messages one morning -- it was something about the deleterious effects of Tullamore Dew on the LeGare constitution and how he needed the hair of the dog and some Ambrose Bierce or Flaubert's Dictionary of Accepted Ideas. So I hadn't heard of the latter so I went out and found Barzun's annotated translation and then on another day I was at the University Bookstore in Seattle and found the novel that it was originally part of...more
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book data (includes all editions)

avg rating (all editions): 4.26 (27 ratings)
avg rating (this edition): 4.26 (23 ratings)
number of reviews: 2






other editions

Dictionnaire des idées reçues (Poche)
The Dictionary of Received Ideas (Syren)
Le Dictionnaire des idées reçues (Poche)