Sentimental Education (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Gustave Flaubert

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9780140441413: Sentimental Education (Penguin Classics)

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ISBN 10: 0140441417 ISBN 13: 9780140441413

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1974

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Frederic Moreau, a moderately gifted young provincial, is ambitious in many ways: he dreams of fame, of vast wealth, of literary and artistic achievement, of a grand passion. On the Paris paddle-steamer which transports him to his home town of Nogent-sur-Seine at the outset of the novel, he becomes transfixed by the demure Madame Arnoux and, back in Paris, cultivates her ebullient and enterprising husband in order to be near her. Frederic's devotion fluctuates like his other enthusiasms, and he is caught up in the intense pleasures and the inevitable ennuis of Parisian life.

About the Author:

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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