Flaubert in Egypt
Subtitle: a sensibility on tour : a narrative drawn from Gustave Flaubert's travel notes & letters
By: translated from the French & edited by Francis Steegmuller.
Contributors: Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-
Publisher: Academy Chicago Limited
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Egypt -- Description and travel
Description: At once a classic of travel literature and a penetrating portrait of a 'sensibility on tour', Flaubert in Egypt wonderfully captures the young writer's impressions during his 1849 voyages. Using diaries, letters, travel notes, and the evidence of Flaubert's travelling companion, Maxime Du Camp, Francis Steegmuller reconstructs his journey through the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 229-[232]