Bouvard et Pécuchet

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Bouvard et Pécuchet is an unfinished satirical novel by Gustave Flaubert that follows two copy clerks whose obsessive pursuit of knowledge exposes the absurdities of 19th-century intellectual life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
unfinished work ⓘ
author Gustave Flaubert ⓘ
completedByAuthor false ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizes superficial erudition ⓘ
uncritical adoption of scientific theories ⓘ
describes obsessive pursuit of knowledge ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation radio adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
theatrical adaptations ⓘ
hasPart projected second volume of notes ⓘ
hasSubject agriculture ⓘ
education ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
religion ⓘ
science ⓘ
inception 1872 ⓘ
influenced 20th-century literary modernism ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
languageStyle impersonal ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
mainCharacter François Bouvard ⓘ
Juste Pécuchet ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFeature extensive use of quotations and documentation ⓘ
unfinished second part planned as a compilation of notes ⓘ
numberOfProtagonists 2 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
posthumouslyPublished true ⓘ
protagonistOccupation copy clerk ⓘ
publicationStatus posthumous ⓘ
satirizes 19th-century intellectual life ⓘ
bourgeois society ⓘ
encyclopedic knowledge ⓘ
positivism ⓘ
settingPeriod 19th century ⓘ
structure episodic ⓘ
theme failure of encyclopedic knowledge ⓘ
limits of human understanding ⓘ
repetition and futility ⓘ
ridicule of intellectual fashions ⓘ
workLocationInFiction Normandy ⓘ
workOfAuthor Gustave Flaubert ⓘ

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Gustave Flaubert → notableWork → Bouvard et Pécuchet ⓘ