{"product_id":"2940148560531","title":"Henry James on Flaubert, Maupassant, and Stendhal","description":"Because Henry James knew Gustave Flaubert —personally— he was quite precise in his portrayal, as we read his “Introduction to Madame Bovary”:\u003cbr\u003e“Tall, strong, striking, he caused his friends to admire in him the elder, the florid Norman type, and he seems himself, as a man of imagination, to have found some transmission of race in his stature and presence, his light-colored salient eyes and long tawny moustache.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile James attempted to be a fair critic, readers can detect sharp and sour remarks about the three subjects of his reviews: Flaubert, Maupassant, and Stendhal. Yet the overall tenor of his approval seems to favor Flaubert. For other critics —such as Stendhal’s biographer Archibald Paton— James borders on the contemptuous; he can be not only acerbic, but also brutal in his attacks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite the long-winded sentences, the essays presented here are easy to read. Unlike some of his soporific novels, these pieces of criticism are brisk, with just a few Dramamine patches. \u003cbr\u003eTo lighten up the pace for today’s readers, we have re-shaped the paragraphs, shortening them, and thus diminishing the tedious density of the original pages. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Marciano Guerrero","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177731211504,"sku":"2940148560531","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148560531_p0.jpg?v=1763710953","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148560531","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}