Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Granted, it's a masterpiece of literature but not my favorite one. One of the fun things about reading 19th century literature - A landau is a a horse-drawn four-wheeled enclosed carriage with a removable front cover and a back cover that can be raised and lowered. A fiacre is a small four-wheeled carriage for public hire. A tilbury is a a light, open two-wheeled carriage. A gig is a light two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse, and a berlin is a covered four-wheeled traveling carriage with two interior seats. Initially noted for using two chassis rails and having the body suspended from the rails by leather straps, the term continued in use for enclosed formal carriages with two seats after the suspension system changed.
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