{"product_id":"9781517914134","title":"Sentimental Education","description":"Author: Gustave Flaubert\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781517914134\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 24 Apr 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 480\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh and vivid translation of Flaubert's influential bildungsroman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gustave Flaubert conceived \u003ci\u003eSentimental Education\u003c\/i\u003e, his final complete novel, as the history of his own generation, one that failed to fulfill the promise of the Revolution of 1848. Published a few months before the start of the 1870 FrancoPrussian War, it offers both a sweeping panorama of French society over three decades and an intimate bildungsroman of a young man from a small town who arrives in Paris when protests against the monarchy are increasing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The novel's protagonist, Frederic Moreau, alternates between aimlessness and ambition as he searches for a meaningful life through love affairs and republican politics. Flaubert's narrative includes scenes of high drama, as scattered protests across Paris swell into revolution, and quiet moments of self-aware romanticism, crafting a story that possesses the sweep and scope of a historical novel combined with deep emotion and scandalous intimacy. Suffused with tragedy and the poignancy of lost chances and wasted lives, \u003ci\u003eSentimental Education\u003c\/i\u003e is sharpened by satirical observations of what Flaubert condemned as the Second Empire's endemic hypocrisy and willful blindness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This vibrant, new translation by Raymond N. MacKenzie includes an extensive critical introduction and annotations to help the modern reader appreciate Flaubert's achievement. \u003ci\u003eSentimental Education\u003c\/i\u003e intertwines the personal, the intimate, and the subjective with the political, social, and cultural, embedding Frederic's story in the larger arc of what Flaubert saw as France's decline into mediocrity and imbecility in its politics and manners. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46680735580318,"sku":"ADS-9781517914134","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781517914134.jpg?v=1775544637","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781517914134","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}