Sentimental Education

Gustave Flaubert, Geoffrey Wall, Robert Baldick , Geoffrey Wall

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Penguin Classics
15 October 2004

The story of a life-long infatuation, which is seen by many as Flaubert's masterpiece

Sentimental Education begins with the hero - Frederic Moreau - leaving Paris and returning to the provinces and his mother.

Part love story, part historical novel and satire it tells of how Moreau is driven by passion for an unattainable older woman. His 'sentimental education' turns out to be more of an anxious quest than a happy one, echoing Flaubert's own life experience of unrequited love. Packed with vivid detail and characterised by its historical authenticity, the book was described by Flaubert as 'the moral history of the men of my generation'.

By: Gustave Flaubert
Introduction by: Robert Baldick
Edited by: Geoffrey Wall
Revised by: Geoffrey Wall
Translated by: Robert Baldick
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 351g
ISBN: 9780140447972
ISBN 10: 0140447970
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 15 October 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Flaubert was born in 1821. After illness ended a career in law, he retired to live with his mother and devote himself to writing. He achieved limited success in his own lifetime, but his reputation grew steadily after his death in 1880. Geoffrey Wall teaches French at the University of York. His biography of Flaubert has been translated into four languages.