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Flaubert in Egypt

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.