Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 1
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Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 1

by Gustave Flaubert

"Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 1" by Gustave Flaubert is a novel published in 1869. Set against the French Revolution of 1848, it follows Frédéric Moreau, a young man hopelessly infatuated with an older married woman. As he drifts through Parisian society, Frédéric oscillates between romantic obsessions, friendships, and failed ambitions. Flaubert paints an ironic portrait of restless youth, capturing a generation marked by passion without purpose and desire without direction—a cynical meditation on love, society, and the feelings of his time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Originally issued 2011-01-02. Transcribed by Produced by David Edwards, Mary Meehan and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive). This work is in the public domain in the United States. Sourced from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34828).
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Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 1

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