Project Gutenberg 2004-11-26 Public domain in the USA. 113 Flaubert, Gustave 1821 1880 Bouvard et Pécuchet Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Ebooks libres et gratuits at http://www.ebooksgratuits.com "Bouvard et Pécuchet" by Gustave Flaubert is a novel written in the late 19th century. This satirical exploration follows two clerks, Bouvard and Pécuchet, who, after receiving an unexpected inheritance, retire from their mundane office jobs to pursue a life of agriculture. With unbridled enthusiasm but little knowledge, they dream of the pastoral life, cartoonishly navigating the complexities of farming and horticulture. The opening of the novel introduces Bouvard and Pécuchet on a hot Sunday afternoon in Paris, where they serendipitously meet and discover their similarities, bonding over nostalgia for the countryside and frustrations with urban life. Their subsequent friendship blossoms as they share discussions about topics ranging from politics to women, culminating in an impromptu dinner together. Both men are characterized by their peculiarities: Bouvard is jovial and somewhat bumbling, while Pécuchet is serious and contemplative. Their union sets the stage for an ambitious shift toward rural life, igniting a desire that will see them plunge into the challenges of farming, despite their evident lack of experience and understanding of agriculture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction French fiction -- 19th century Middle class -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction Middle class -- France -- Retirement -- Fiction PQ Text Best Books Ever Listings FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 670120 670016 2024-10-06T11:34:17.844028 2023-10-06T11:58:33.982032 text/html text/html 670113 670009 2024-10-06T11:34:18.189006 2023-10-06T11:58:34.237042 text/html text/html 327288 2024-10-06T11:34:28.995431 application/epub+zip 338531 2024-10-06T11:34:20.946949 application/epub+zip 1659912 2020-12-18T18:40:57 text/rtf 332590 2010-11-03T17:27:42 text/rtf application/zip 338531 2024-10-06T11:34:19.066956 application/epub+zip 589403 2024-10-06T11:34:35.085364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 553245 2024-10-06T11:34:28.084453 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527066 2022-09-07T14:51:26.217909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 592081 592028 2024-10-06T11:34:17.097056 2023-10-06T11:58:33.536017 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 578559 2020-12-18T18:40:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 233881 2020-12-18T18:40:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22399 2024-10-06T11:34:35.231361 application/rdf+xml 13426 2024-10-06T11:34:20.111962 image/jpeg 3369 2024-10-06T11:34:19.824963 image/jpeg 322643 2024-10-06T11:34:18.248994 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia