Sentimental Education: The Story of a Young Man - Brossura

Flaubert, Gustave

 
9780486452333: Sentimental Education: The Story of a Young Man

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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.
Frédéric 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. Frédéric 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.

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Introduction by Louise Bogan Book I I. A Promising Episode II. The Wisdom of Youth III. The Ruling Passion IV. The Eternal Feminine V. A Consuming Love VI. Hopes Deferred VII. Paris Again VIII. Frederick Entertains and Is Entertained IX. The Family Friend X. A Pleasant Little Dinner XI. A Duel XII. Little Louise Becomes a Woman XIII. Rosanette in a New Rôle Book II XIV. Revolutionary Days XV. Louise Is Disillusioned XVI. Three Charming Women XVII. Frederick's Betrothal XVIII. Under the Hammer XIX. After Many Years XX. When a Man's Forty

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