First Sentimental Education - Softcover

Flaubert, Gustave; Garman, Douglas; Gerhardi, Gerhard

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9780520340091: First Sentimental Education
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0520340094 ISBN 13: 9780520340091
Publisher: University of California Press, 2021

Synopsis

The protagonist, Frederic Moreau, and his beloved, Mme Arnoux, are based on Flaubert's youthful infatuation with an older married woman. Frederic's puppy love for Mme Arnoux is at first steadfast and idealistic, and she remains faithful to her rather frivolous husband. Frederic's love ends in disillusionment, as do the subsequent passions of his life. His youthful ambitions lead to failure and boredom, and his idealistic views of social progress are disappointed by reality.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0520340094
ISBN 13 
9780520340091
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
312
Rating
  • 3.46 out of 5 stars
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