Sentimental Education

by Gustave Flaubert

Overview

Frederic Moreau, a moderately gifted young provincial, is ambitious in many ways: he dreams of fame, of vast wealth, of literary and artistic achievement, of a grand passion. On the Paris paddle-steamer which transports him to his home town of Nogent-sur-Seine at the outset of the novel, he becomes transfixed by the demure Madame Arnoux and, back in Paris, cultivates her ebullient and enterprising husband in order to be near her. Frederic's devotion fluctuates like his other enthusiasms, and he is caught up in the intense pleasures and the inevitable ennuis of Parisian life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781731706027
Publisher:	Simon & Brown
Publication date:	11/15/2018
Pages:	632
Sales rank:	375,019
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.56(d)

About the Author

Helen Constantine was Head of Modern Languages at Bartholomew School near Oxford before retiring from teaching in 2000. She is now a full-time translator and editor. Her translations include Paris Tales (OUP, 2004), French Tales (OUP, 2008), Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons (Penguin, 2007), Gautier, Mademoiselle de Maupin (Penguin, 2005), and for Oxford World's Classics, Balzac, The Wild Ass's Skin (OUP, 2012) and Zola, The Conquest of Plassans (OUP, 2014) . From 2003-12 she was co-editor of the international magazine Modern Poetry in Translation.

Patrick Coleman has taught at UCLA since 1975. He has published widely on French literature and his books include Anger, Gratitude, and the Enligtenment Writer (OUP, 2011). For Oxford World's Classics he has edited translations of Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality and Confessions, Constant's Adolphe, and Balzac's The Wild Ass's Skin.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Louise Bogan
Book I
I. A Promising Episode
II. The Wisdom of Youth
III. The Ruling Passion
IV. The Eternal Feminine
V. A Consuming Love
VI. Hopes Deferred
VII. Paris Again
VIII. Frederick Entertains and Is Entertained
IX. The Family Friend
X. A Pleasant Little Dinner
XI. A Duel
XII. Little Louise Becomes a Woman
XIII. Rosanette in a New Rôle
Book II
XIV. Revolutionary Days
XV. Louise Is Disillusioned
XVI. Three Charming Women
XVII. Frederick's Betrothal
XVIII. Under the Hammer
XIX. After Many Years
XX. When a Man's Forty

Editorial Reviews

Many listeners would give this work a 9 or a 10--and just as many a 1 or a 2. A nineteenth-century French novel suffused with lots of talk and much less action, it's about a new law student, the impoverished Frederic Moreau, and his vain attempts to secure the intimacy of Madame Arnoux. Its myriad conversations will not appeal to everyone. Reader Michael Maloney, however, will receive high marks from all. He consistently differentiates well among characters, handles French like a Parisian, and earnestly attempts to make the colloquies palatable. Still, listeners should be warned: This is no MADAME BOVARY. T.H. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

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