Skip to main content
M:S4:8 4
Edit position
Edit position

Last set 14 hours, 42 minutes ago. Manual moves override automatic placement until the next shelfie/spine match.

Flaubert : a life
Diagnose this book
Open in Vernon Browser

Flaubert : a life

by Geoffrey Wall

This biography examines the life of the nineteenth-century French novelist, tracing his quiet provincial existence, Mediterranean travels, and Parisian social circles. It explores how these experiences shaped his literary style and the creation of his famous characters.

Accession 21520 ISBN 0374156271 Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Images
Reference and live side by side Hover to see live images
Reference
Flaubert : a life spine
Flaubert : a life cover
Live
Flaubert : a life live spine
No live
Flaubert : a life spine Flaubert : a life live spine
Flaubert : a life cover
No live
TAGS
Curated Derived
Authors Biography History Literature
CONNECTIONS
No connections
State
on_shelf
True
position_updated_at
2026-06-10 16:10
orientation
vertical
Details

Physical

binding_type
Hard Back
dimensions
none captured
spine_text
none captured

Metadata

Book form
LOCATION HISTORY
M:S4:8 4 Current vertical
1 week, 5 days ago
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Book Location
Updated 14 hours, 42 minutes ago
Vernon snapshot
View live

Frozen copy of Vernon's record from the last sync. Fields tagged flow back into the Pulse record.

Last synced 2026-05-21 01:33 (3 weeks ago)

Identity

name→ title
Flaubert : a life
vernon_id
31766
accession_no→ accession_number
21520
vernon_slug
flaubert-a-life-geoffrey-wall

Drives Pulse state

curr_loc_status→ on_shelf
On Shelf
location_name
Zone S4/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA
location_reason
On Shelf
isbn_issn→ isbn (when valid)
0374156271

Descriptive

production_date
2001
object_type
Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
object_status
Accessioned
brief_description
This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes only.

Subjects & people

authors→ author (initial fill only)
Geoffrey Wall
tags→ tags
History, Persons, Biography, Authors, Litterateurs, Philologists, Scholars, French literature, France -- Literatures, Novelists, French
subject_people
Gustave Flaubert (b.1821, d.1880)
subject_objects

Cover image

vernon_cover_image_id→ cover_image
37613

Raw Vernon JSON

click to inspect

The source payload behind the snapshot above.

Use ⌘F to search once expanded.
{7 keys}
"slug": "flaubert-a-life-geoffrey-wall"
"opacObjectId": "31766"
"opacCollection": {1 keys}
"opacCollectionId": "1"
"imagesCollection": {2 keys}
"images": [1 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"imageId": "37613"
"cssColors": [4 items]
"[0]": {9 keys}
"hex": "deb887"
"hue": 34
"rank": 1
"presence": 60.49
"colorName": "burlywood"
"lightness": 70
"colorGroup": "brown"
"saturation": 57
"formattedColorName": "burly wood"
"[1]": {9 keys}
"hex": "a0522d"
"hue": 19
"rank": 2
"presence": 18.01
"colorName": "sienna"
"lightness": 40
"colorGroup": "brown"
"saturation": 56
"formattedColorName": "sienna"
"[2]": {9 keys}
"hex": "cd853f"
"hue": 30
"rank": 3
"presence": 8.29
"colorName": "peru"
"lightness": 53
"colorGroup": "brown"
"saturation": 59
"formattedColorName": "peru"
"[3]": {9 keys}
"hex": "d2b48c"
"hue": 34
"rank": 4
"presence": 12.76
"colorName": "tan"
"lightness": 69
"colorGroup": "brown"
"saturation": 44
"formattedColorName": "tan"
"rawColors": [7 items]
"[0]": {6 keys}
"hex": "eee0c0"
"hue": 41
"rank": 1
"presence": 60.49
"lightness": 84
"saturation": 57
"[1]": {6 keys}
"hex": "775a42"
"hue": 27
"rank": 2
"presence": 18.01
"lightness": 36
"saturation": 28
"[2]": {6 keys}
"hex": "9f7c51"
"hue": 33
"rank": 3
"presence": 8.29
"lightness": 47
"saturation": 32
"[3]": {6 keys}
"hex": "bd9f74"
"hue": 35
"rank": 4
"presence": 12.76
"lightness": 59
"saturation": 35
"[4]": {6 keys}
"hex": "a69996"
"hue": 11
"rank": 5
"presence": 0.38
"lightness": 61
"saturation": 8
"[5]": {6 keys}
"hex": "7b7478"
"hue": 325
"rank": 6
"presence": 0.07
"lightness": 46
"saturation": 2
"[6]": {6 keys}
"hex": "7c6c8c"
"hue": 270
"rank": 7
"presence": 0.0
"lightness": 48
"saturation": 12
"imageLabels": [10 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"count": 19411
"score": 81.76
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Font"
"imageLabelId": 12
"[1]": {5 keys}
"count": 19018
"score": 81.06
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Publication"
"imageLabelId": 23
"[2]": {5 keys}
"count": 10019
"score": 76.32
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Rectangle"
"imageLabelId": 11
"[3]": {5 keys}
"count": 15171
"score": 72.43
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Book"
"imageLabelId": 67
"[4]": {5 keys}
"count": 933
"score": 72.15
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Handwriting"
"imageLabelId": 201
"[5]": {5 keys}
"count": 11760
"score": 67.66
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Poster"
"imageLabelId": 21
"[6]": {5 keys}
"count": 12694
"score": 64.87
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Book cover"
"imageLabelId": 90
"[7]": {5 keys}
"count": 2395
"score": 60.32
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Event"
"imageLabelId": 46
"[8]": {5 keys}
"count": 1236
"score": 59.59
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Landscape"
"imageLabelId": 120
"[9]": {5 keys}
"count": 4012
"score": 59.3
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Paper product"
"imageLabelId": 72
"imageDerivatives": [6 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/24447/774baa7623b411f6218087ade4061ee14e5795c5.jpg"
"width": "535"
"height": "800"
"identifier": "LARGE"
"[1]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/24447/774baa7623b411f6218087ade4061ee14e5795c5.jpg"
"width": "267"
"height": "400"
"identifier": "MEDIUM"
"[2]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/24447/774baa7623b411f6218087ade4061ee14e5795c5.jpg"
"width": "23"
"height": "35"
"identifier": "NANO"
"[3]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/24447/774baa7623b411f6218087ade4061ee14e5795c5.jpg"
"width": "100"
"height": "150"
"identifier": "SMALL"
"[4]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/24447/774baa7623b411f6218087ade4061ee14e5795c5.jpg"
"width": "50"
"height": "75"
"identifier": "TINY"
"[5]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/24447/774baa7623b411f6218087ade4061ee14e5795c5.jpg"
"width": "802"
"height": "1200"
"identifier": "XLARGE"
"totalImages": 1
"objectSearchScore": 0.31199765
"opacObjectFieldSets": [40 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "accession_no"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "21520"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Flaubert : a life / Geoffrey Wall"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "title"
"value": "Flaubert : a life / Geoffrey Wall"
"[2]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "other_name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "artist_last_first"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Wall, Geoffrey"
"[4]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "2001"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "earliest_date"
"value": "2001-01-01Z"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"key": "latest_date"
"value": "2001-12-31Z"
"[5]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[6]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "edition"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[7]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "brief_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes only."
"[8]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "measure_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[9]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "credit_line"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[10]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "On Shelf"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "curr_loc_status:"On Shelf""
"[11]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "ob_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Accessioned"
"[12]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "lender"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[13]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_owner"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[14]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[15]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_start"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[16]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_expiry"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[17]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[18]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone S4/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[19]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "object_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "object_type:"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication""
"[20]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "collection"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Main Collection/Library"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "collection:"Main Collection/Library""
"[21]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "New York City/New York/United States of America"
"[22]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_publisher"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Farrar, Straus and Giroux"
"[23]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "physical_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [2 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "viii, 413 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm."
"[1]": {1 keys}
"value": "Includes bibliographical references and index."
"[24]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "language"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "English"
"[25]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "isbn_issn"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "0374156271"
"[26]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_1"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "843.8 FLA"
"[27]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "usual_loc_being"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone S4/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[28]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_class"
"opacObjectFields": [4 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Authors/Litterateurs/Philologists/Scholars/Persons"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Authors/Litterateurs/Philologists/Scholars/Persons""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Biography/History"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Biography/History""
"[2]": {2 keys}
"value": "French literature/France -- Literatures"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"French literature/France -- Literatures""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"value": "Novelists, French"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Novelists, French""
"[29]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_date"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[30]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[31]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_period"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[32]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[33]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Gustave Flaubert (b.1821, d.1880)"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_person:"Gustave Flaubert (b.1821, d.1880)""
"[34]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[35]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[36]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[37]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[38]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[39]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_9"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"relationshipsCollection": {2 keys}
"relationships": [1 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"relatedRecords": [1 items]
"[0]": {3 keys}
"slug": "geoffrey-wall"
"title": "Geoffrey Wall"
"relatedRecordId": "34994"
"relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person"
"relatedRecordType": "person"
"totalRelatedRecords": 1
"totalRelationships": 1
Topics and Themes