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Description
Based on Flaubert’s own youthful passion for an older woman, Sentimental Education was described by its author as "the moral history of the men of my generation." It follows the amorous adventures of Frederic Moreau, a law student who, returning home to Normandy from Paris, notices Mme... read more
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“It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find.”
First Sentence
On the 15th of September 1840, at six o'clock in the morning, the Ville-de-Montereau was lying alongside the Quai Saint-Bernard, ready to sail, with clouds of smoke coming from its funnel.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Gustave Flaubert (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Douglas Parmee (Translator)
- Robert Baldick (Translator)
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