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Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 2

by Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)

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  • 11 chapters
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"Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 2" by Gustave Flaubert is a novel published in 1869. It follows Frédéric Moreau, a young man consumed by his passion for an older married woman, against the backdrop of the French Revolution of 1848. Through ironic and pessimistic prose, Flaubert traces Moreau's romantic entanglements with multiple women, his wavering ambitions, and his inability to commit to love or career. The novel portrays a generation marked by capriciousness, materialism, and the worship of power.

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  • Married women
  • Young men
  • Paris (France)
  • France · History · February Revolution, 1848
  • Unrequited love
  • Paris (France) · History · June Days, 1848

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Volume II

M. Walter Dunne
New York and London

Copyright, 1904, by
M. Walter Dunne
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION
(Continued.)

FACING
PAGE

"AH! THANKS! YOU ARE GOING TO SAVE ME!" (See page 107) Frontispiece

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Contents

  1. Volume II
  2. Volume II
  3. Chapter XI
  4. Chapter XII
  5. Chapter XIII
  6. Chapter XIV
  7. Chapter XV: "How Happy Could I Be with Either."
  8. Chapter XVI
  9. Chapter XVII
  10. Chapter XVIII
  11. Chapter XIX
  12. Chapter XX: "Wait Till You Come to Forty Year."

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This free edition of Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 2 by Gustave Flaubert comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #27537, released 2008-12-15. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Novels, French Literature.

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