Flaubert's unforgettable memoirs of travels abroad
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 traveling companion, Maxime
Du Camp, Francis Steegmuller reconstructs his journey through the
bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea.
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