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Sentimental Education

by Gustave Flaubert

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Sentimental Education: History of a Young Man is an 1869 novel by Gustave Flaubert. It focuses on the romantic life of a young man named Frédéric Moreau at the time of the French Revolution of 1848 and the founding of the Second French Empire. It describes Moreau's love for an older woman, a character based on the wife of the music publisher Maurice Schlesinger, who is portrayed in the book as Jacques Arnoux.

First published: 2014
Category
Literature
Priority
Must-Read
Author works
5
Language
eng
Subjects
February Revolution (France : 1848)FictionFrance in fictionHistoryJune Days (Paris : 1848)Married womenMarried women in fictionUnrequited loveYoung menYoung men in fiction

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