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First English edition of Flaubert's historical novel set in 3rd-century B.C. Carthage, originally published in French in 1862. Sheldon's translation precedes Chartre's translation for Vizetelly the same year. The printed dedication is to the translator's friend Henry M. Stanley, the man who found Dr Livingstone. Learn More

The French novelist Gustave Flaubert, hat in hand, flees from a wailing old widow, presumably his mother with whom he lived most of his adult life. The cartoons and illustrations of Nicolas Bentley (1907-1978) were part of the warp and weft of English popular culture in the 1950s and 60s. Never savage, though often waspishly accurate and exuding an... Learn More