TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flaubert,Gustave
TI  - Bouvard et Pécuchet
AV  - PQ 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
KW  - French fiction -- 19th century
KW  - Middle class -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
KW  - Middle class -- France -- Retirement -- Fiction
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvard_et_P%C3%A9cuchet; Release date is 2004-11-26; Produced by Ebooks libres et gratuits at http://www.ebooksgratuits.com; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Bouvard et Pécuchet" by Gustave Flaubert is an unfinished satirical novel published in 1881. Two Parisian copy-clerks meet by chance and become inseparable friends. When one inherits a fortune, they relocate to the French countryside and embark on an ambitious quest for knowledge. They plunge enthusiastically into nearly every field of study—agriculture, science, history, literature, philosophy—only to stumble repeatedly. Their misadventures expose the hidden weaknesses of human knowledge while their relationship with skeptical villagers deteriorates, leading toward an unexpected conclusion about the nature of understanding itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14157
ER  -