Sentimental Education
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- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2004
Summary
The story of a life-long infatuation, which is seen by many as Flaubert’s masterpiece. Sentimental Education begins with the hero - Frederic Moreau - leaving Paris and returning to the provinces and his mother. Part love story, part historical novel and satire, it tells of how Moreau is driven by passion for an unattainable older woman. His ‘sentimental education’ turns out to be more of an anxious quest than a happy one, echoing Flaubert’s own life experience of unrequited love. Packed with …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140447972 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140447970 |
| Author: | Gustave Flaubert, Geoffrey Wall, Robert Baldick |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 356g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Gustave Flaubert
Flaubert was born in 1821. After illness ended a career in law, he retired to live with his mother and devote himself to writing. He achieved limited success in his own lifetime, but his reputation grew steadily after his death in 1880.
Geoffrey Wall teaches French at the University of York. His biography of Flaubert has been translated into four languages.
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