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Prices in Flaubert's works

Jorn Barger October 2002

This is based on a rather-more-useful Joycean-prices page.

My best estimate is that a franc c1850 would equal about $4.00 US today, although for many items below $1 or $2 seems likelier.

2.5 centimes (half a sou)

Homais gives beggar [MB3.7]

five centimes (one sou)

ten centimes (two sous)

cry of Calvados dealers in religious objects [B&P9]

given to V&V for alms [B&P10]

fifteen centimes (3 sous)

cost of pear [B&P2]

given to V&V for alms [B&P10]

twenty centimes (four sous)

Rosanette's quibble over Delphine's shopping accounts [SE2.2]

Galeron's 1816 meal at Mesnil inn [B&P4]

thirtyfive centimes (seven sous)

yard of dress cloth [MB3.6]

fortyfive centimes

revolutionary tax [SE3.1] [B&P6]

fifty centimes

cheap jaconet lining recommended by CB's mother [MB3.5]

tip to attendant at Paris baths [SE2.2]

sixty centimes

cry of Calvados dealers in religious objects [B&P9]

one franc (100 centimes)

Melie's monthly wage [B&P3]

1.5 franc (150 centimes, 30 sous)

Felicite suspected of stealing as a girl [SS2]

2 francs

silk lining bought by Emma [MB3.5]

CD's poor meal [SE2.2]

2.15 francs (43 sous)

FM's meal [SE1.3]

2.5 francs (50 sous)

cheap piano lesson [MB3.4]

three francs

Rodolphe's payment for bloodletting [MB2.7]

fine for eating in shop [SE2.3]

imagined bribe to porter to get him to sell France [SE3.3]

cry of Calvados dealers in religious objects [B&P9]

3.6 francs

suede gloves [SE2.2]

four francs

bribe solicited from Rosanette by bill-sticker [SE3.4]

five francs (100 sous)

Supposed price of one piano lesson (65 for 12-plus) [MB3.5]

Emma tosses to beggar [MB3.7] Charles tosses to cantor [MB3.10]

CD asks FM for price of dinner [SE1.2]

FM's bribe to Rosanette's maid [SE2.2]

selling price of pear in Paris?? [B&P2]

given by Mme Bordin to Natl Guard [B&P6?]

given to Gorju by Mme Castillon [B&P7]

cry of Calvados dealers in religious objects [B&P9]

B&P's actual fine for insulting Sorel [B&P10]

6.75 francs

court costs for B&P in Sorel case [B&P10]

ten francs

FM gives CD twice what he asks [SE1.2]

fine for insubordination in shop [SE2.3]

monthly rental for anatomical model [B&P3]

monthly fee to Petit for boarding pupils [B&P6]

B&P's damages to Sorel [B&P10]

12.75 francs

CB's estate [MB3.11]

fourteen francs

Emma's monthly outlay for lemons [MB2.7]

fifteen francs

2ndhand St Peter statue? [B&P4]

twenty francs (one napoleon? SE2.2)

expensive piano lesson [MB3.4]

FM leaves as tip for dinner after race [SE2.4]

apparently stolen by Victor [B&P10]

twentyfour francs (one louis: cite)

FM's gift to harpist [SE1.1]

twentyfive francs

prize to Catherine Leroux at agricultural fair [MB2.8]

first expenses paid to Foureau by de Faverges for V&V [B&P9]

thirtyfive francs

B's payment to Gorju for Melie and chest [B&P3]

fifty francs

Hussonet extracts from Mlle Vatnaz [SE1.4]

sixty francs

prize at agricultural fair [MB2.8]

reduced value of govt stock [SE3.1]

reluctant coach from Corbeil to Paris [SE3.1]

B&P's debt to cobbler [B&P8]

65 francs

Emma's forged receipt for 3 months' piano lessons [MB3.5]

70 francs

prize at agricultural fair [MB2.8]

yearly damages to Gouy [B&P8]

75 francs

Emma's father's fee to Charles for broken leg [MB1.3]

80 francs

raised by FM by selling new coats [SE1.5]

100 francs

grant to the Church [MB3.11]

CD's bet with FM about making 1st woman [SE1.5]

individual share in Hussonet's magazine, Art [SE2.1]

Felicite's yearly wage [SS1]

B&P's debt to Goutman for religious objects [B&P9]

B&P's potential fine for insulting Sorel the gamekeeper [B&P10]

120 francs

B&P's debt to tailor [B&P8]

125 francs

supplied by Cisy to finance party [SE1.5]

130 francs

Lheureux's profit from Bovary weakness [MB2.14]

175 francs

borrowed by FM from CD to buy parasol for Mme Arnoux [SE1.5]

180 francs

Emma's debt to Lheureux for trunks, cloak, etc [MB2.14]

gathered by FM to take Arnoux to dinner [SE1.5]

185 francs

Rosanette owes Mlle Vatnaz [SE2.2] (why does V take the change?)

200 francs

yearly rental of the farm where Charles Bovary grew up [MB1.1]

250 francs

Arnoux's offer to Pellerin for each of two panels [SE1.4]

FM asks from mother for 'coaching' (clothes) [SE1.5]

270 francs

Emma's gift to Rodolphe (riding crop) [MB2.12] (plus earlier purchases?)

300 francs (15 napoleons)

Charles buys horse for Emma [MB2.9] wooden leg for Hippolyte [MB2.12] Derozerays's payment to Charles (appropriated by Emma) [MB2.12]

FM borrows twice from CD after overspending at Arnoux's shop [SE1.5]

FM instantly loses, gambling at Dambreuse's [SE2.2]

Rosanette says FM gave to republicans [SE3.1]

380 francs

income left to Felicite by Mme Aubain [SS4]

500 francs

requested of FM by Rosanette [SE2.5]

FM pays off Pellerin for portrait [SE2.6]

FM buys burial plot for Dambreuse [SE3.4]

600 francs

yearly income from CB's inheritance [MB3.6]

700 francs

Emma's last debt to Lheureux [MB3.6]

auction price for Mme Arxoux's piano [SE3.5]

900 francs

faience plates FM chooses to give Mme Arnoux [SE2.1]

1000 francs

Charles borrows from Lheureux [MB2.14]

Arnoux's four bills [SE2.3]

Rosanette owes Mlle Vatnaz (paid by FM w/interest) [SE3.3]

Mme Dambreuse pays for Mme Arnoux's silver box [SE3.5]

Mme Bordin's first offer for Les Ecalles (per acre?) [B&P5]

mortgage offered to B&P by Mme Bordin [B&P8]

1200 francs

yearly income of Charles Bovary's first wife [MB1.1]

1500 francs

Martinon's yearly income [SE1.3]

Arnoux pays for art in Paris scam [SE1.4]

B's income yearly [B&P1]

purchase price offered for Les Ecalles by Mme Bordin [B&P8]

1682 francs

Mlle Vatnaz's inflated claim, when bookkeeper, for salary of 1082 [SE3.4]

1800 francs

B's inheritance (yearly?) at 21 [B&P1]

repairs for farm [B&P8]

2000 francs

Emma's growing debt to Lheureux [MB3.5]

FM's yearly allowance [SE1.3]

Arnoux's selling price for Pellerin's panels [SE1.4]

FM repays CD [SE2.2]

deed of farm? [B&P8]

2300 francs

FM's diminished yearly income [SE1.5]

2500 francs

Arnoux sells off his silver (2.5-3k) [SE2.3]

3000 francs

actual value of Charles Bovary's 1st wife's shares in ship, claimed as 6000 [MB1.2]

FM's diminished yearly income? [SE1.6]

Pellerin asks Rosanette for portrait [SE2.4]

Rosanette's debt to Mlle Vatnaz [SE3.1]

Gouy's reduced yearly rent [B&P2]

B says can't be made from rabbits [B&P6]

potential yearly expenses of V&V [B&P9]

3500 francs

Arnoux sells art in Paris scam [SE1.4]

3800 francs

Lheureux's advance to Emma on house sale [MB3.5]

4000 francs

selling price of dilapidated little house at Barneville [MB3.5]

CD's savings-goal [SE1.2]

Arnoux invoices art in Paris scam [SE1.4]

FM's decrease of income [SE2.2]

Rosanette owes Mlle Vatnaz [SE3.4] (Vatnaz starts dress shop)

Dussardier repays FM [SE3.4]

Goutman cheats Barberou [B&P9]

5000 francs

carriage for a year [SE2.3]

Hussonet asks FM to start newspaper (refused) [SE2.4]

yearly income from Mme Aubain's farms [SS1]

6000 francs

salary promised Mignot by Arnoux [SE3.5]

supposed monthly bribe demanded by Vergniaud [B&P4]

yearly income Mme Bordin agrees to pay for farm [B&P9]

7000 francs

CD's legacy from mother [SE1.4]

waiter's income (6-8k) [SE2.1]

7500 francs

inlaid armor [SE2.3]

yearly income offered to B&P by Mme Bordin for their farm [B&P9]

8000 francs

final total debt to Lheureux [MB3.6]

9000 francs

Emma's dowry (used up wihin 2 yrs) [MB2.3]

FM's remining income? (2/3 27k) [SE3.7]

10,000 francs

Mme Moreau's diminished yearly income [SE1.5]

12,000 francs

Arnoux's debt (flees) [SE3.4] FM borrows from Mme Dambreuse [SE3.5]

15,000 francs

Rodolphe's rumored income [MB2.7]

FM's expected yearly income [SE1.6]

CD asks FM for 'Art' paper [SE2.2] redirected [SE2.3]

Fumichon claims began with [SE3.2]

Martinon's yearly income [SE3.3]

Mme Dambreuse's yearly income [SE3.4]

Bouvard's inherited yearly income [B&P1]

18,000 francs

Arnoux's immediate debt [SE2.3]

20,000 francs

price for Bassolier's pictures [SE1.4]

owed to jeweler by Louis Blanc? [SE3.2]

B's initial investment in farming [B&P2]

23,000 francs

Pecuchet's contribution to purchase of farm [B&P1]

25,000 francs

offered by Matthias to Arnoux for Ruysdael [SE1.5]

potential yield of apricot orchard [B&P2]

27,000 francs

FM's uncle's income, inherited by FM [SE1.6]

30,000 francs

damages owed by Arnoux's china company [SE2.3]

initial gain by FM from stock [SE2.4]

last of B's available capital for farming [B&P2]

33,000 francs

deficit after fire [B&P2]

37,000 francs

FM's legacy duties [SE2.2]

40,000 francs

registered capital of Hussonet's magazine, Art [SE2.1]

FM's debts to tradesmen [SE2.2]

50,000 francs

Arnoux claims due in month [SE2.3]

Dambreuse suggests FM invests in coal company (40-60k) [SE2.3]

Mme Dambreuse's maximum income [SE3.4]

value of Mignot's shares in 'Siecle' [SE3.5]

60,000 francs

Charles Bovary's mother's dowry [MB1.1]

FM's subsequent loss on stocks [SE2.4]

80,000 francs

cost of royal coach [SE2.6]

87,000 francs

FM gambles on stocks? [SE2.4]

100,000 francs

required 'caution money' for 'Art' paper [SE2.2]

FM's imagined gains from 15k stocks [SE2.3]

FM's proposed govt support for Hugo and Delcroix [SE3.1]

supposed bribe accepted by Danton [B&P4]

143,000 francs

Chavignolles farm and house [B&P1]

174,000 francs

FM sells farm [SE2.4]

223,000 francs

sale price of Arnoux's Belleville property [SE2.4]

250,000 francs

Bouvard's inheritance [B&P1]

300,000 francs

Mme Dambreuse's fortune [SE3.4]

500,000 francs

Bouvard pere's fortune [B&P1]

800,000 francs

missing from St-Roch stores [SE3.1]

3,000,000 francs

Oudry's supposed fortune [SE2.2]

Dambreuse's supposed fortune [SE3.4]

5,000,000 francs

budget for workmen [SE3.1]

7,110,500 francs

fines to journalists under French republic [SE2.6]

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