Sentimental Education Summary
Gustave Flaubert and Mary Ruefle

Sentimental Education Summary

Sentimental Education is a novel set in France around the time of the creation of the Second French Republic in 1848. The Second Republic was created after the overthrow of the French monarchy. The main character of the book, Frederic Moreau, is a young Frenchman from a town called Nogent. He finds himself with a small inheritance and decides to pursue his education in Paris. He encounters an old friend there, Charles...

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