Sentimental Education
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Sentimental Education

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Gustave Flaubert Other

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The novel describes the life of a young man living through the revolution of 1848 and the founding of the Second French Empire, and his love for an older woman. Flaubert based many of the protagonist's experiences including the romantic passion on his own life. 'I want to write the moral history of the men of my generation—or, more accurately, the history of their feelings. It's a book about love, about passion; but passion such as can exist nowadays—that is to say, inactive.'

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[A]Voleur means, at the same time, a “hunter” and a “thief.” This is the foundation for Cisy’s little joke.—Translator.

[B] Coq de bruyère means a heath-c**k or grouse; hence the play on the name of La Bruyère, whose Caractères is a well-known work.—Translator.

[C] In 1828, a certain La Fougère brought out a work entitled……

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