Sentimental Education

by Flaubert, Gustave
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"I want to write the moral history of the men of my generation--or, more accurately, the history of their feelings," declared Gustave Flaubert, who envisioned "a book about love, about passion; but passion such as can exist nowadays--that is to say, inactive." First published in 1869, this novel fulfills Flaubert's conception with a realistic, ironic portrait of bourgeois lives played out against France's tumultuous revolution of 1848 and the founding of its Second Empire.
Fr d ric Moreau, a law student in Paris, dreams of achieving success in art, business, journalism, and politics. His aspirations take a romantic turn upon a chance encounter with a married woman, who inspires a lifelong obsession. Fr d ric befriends his idol's husband, an influential art dealer, and quickly finds himself seduced by society life--and bedeviled by financial problems, ideological conflicts, and betrayals of trust. Blending romance, historical authenticity, and satire, Flaubert's Sentimental Education ranks among the nineteenth century's great novels.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Flaubert, Gustave
  • ISBN: 9780486452333
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.28 x 0.92
  • Number Of Pages: 358
  • Publication Year: 2006

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