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Bouvard and Pecuchet
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Plot Summary of Bouvard and Pecuchet
"One afternoon, Bouvard, an office employee, meets Pecuchet, another office employee. They get along quite well when they learn they have the same aspirations of a life devoted to study and a nice living in the country, away from modern cities.

Days later, Bouvard is notified that he's inherited money that allows him to quit his job forever. He drags his friend Pecuchet to study in agriculture, chemistry, history, literature, alchemy, and each time they are left skeptical and depressed. Finally, they feel attracted to the same woman and their friendship falls under storm as they start projects on their own.

This novel wasn't finished by his author, who passed away in 1880. The manuscript of 'Bouvard and Pecuchet', as it is, was published a year later."
Augusto Wong Campos, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Bouvard and Pecuchet
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 19th century
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - nature of existence (heavy philosophy)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 (a significant amount)
Europe Yes
European country: - France

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Unusual Style: - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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