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    Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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    Unlock the more straightforward side of Sentimental Education with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
    This engaging summary presents the story of Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert, describing the experiences of a young lawyer, Frederick Moreau, who is indecisive about where he wants his future to lead him, and becomes perpetually distracted by his fortune and his illicit infatuation with Madame Arnoux. The novel is considered to be one of the most influential works of the 19th century, praised by contemporaries such as Émile Zola for its authenticity and satire. It is based on the personal experiences of its author, Flaubert, who is widely regarded as the father of modern realist narration and is known to have influenced the likes of Guy de Maupassant and Franz Kafka.
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    This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:• A complete plot summary• Character studies• Key themes and symbols• Questions for further reflection
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateOct 12, 2016
    ISBN9782806279682
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      Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      French writer

      Born in Rouen in 1821

      Died near Rouen in 1880

      Notable works:

      Salammbô (1862), novel

      Sentimental Education (1869), novel

      Bouvard and Pécuchet (1881), unfinished novel

      Gustave Flaubert was born in Rouen in 1821. He was passionate about writing and discovered his literary vocation at a very young age. In 1841 he went to Paris to begin studying law, which he gave up soon after. The author then moved to Croisset, on the banks of the Seine, and attended the literary societies of the time. He met, among others, Charles Baudelaire (French poet, 1821-1867), Ivan Turgenev (Russian writer, 1818-1883), George Sand (French writer, 1804-1876) and Guy de Maupassant (French writer, 1850-1893), for whom he would become a role model. He was an obsessive perfectionist, defended reflective literature and dreamt of writing a ‘book about nothing’. His work, which equally stands out due to the depth of the psychological study of the characters, is a precursor to the many evolutions the novel would undergo during the 20th century. Flaubert died in 1880, leaving several novels unfinished

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