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Name: L'Éducation sentimentale
Rating: 3 (5 reviews)
Author: Gustave Flaubert

📘 L'Éducation sentimentale by Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert’s L’Éducation sentimentale tells the story of a young man who, while studying at the University of Paris, becomes embroiled in the romantic and social intrigues of his time. He falls in love with a woman far beyond his reach, wrestles with the realities of marriage, and navigates the turbulence of the March 1848 Revolution in Paris. Flaubert’s prose captures the manners of Parisian society, the complexities of unrequited love, and the clash between individual desire and social expectations.

First publish date: 1941

Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature

Authors: Gustave Flaubert

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