Sentimental Education: The Story of a Young Man (Oxford World’s Classics) by Gustave Flaubert (EPUB)

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For certain men the stronger their desire, the less likely they are to act.’With his first glimpse of Madame Arnoux, Frédéric Moreau is convinced he has found his romantic destiny, but when he pursues her to Paris the young student is unable to translate his passion into decisive action. He also finds himself distracted by the equally romantic appeal of political action in the turbulent years leading up to the revolution of 1848, and by the attractions of three other women, each of whom seeks to make him her own: a haughty society lady, a capriciouscourtesan, and an artless country girl.Flaubert offers a vivid and unsparing portrait of the young men of his generation, struggling to salvage something of their ideals in a city where corruption, consumerism, and a pervasive sense of disenchantment undermine all but the most compromised erotic, aesthetic, and social initiatives. Sentimental Education combines thoroughgoing irony with an impartial but unexpectedly intense sympathy in a novel whose realism competes with that of Balzac and whose innovations in narrative plotand perspective mark a turning-point in the development of literary modernism.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World’s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford’s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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⭐I don’t know… I have various translated editions of Flaubert’s works and I feel that the Oxford World’s Classics edition of “A Sentimental Education” is the harshest translation of Flaubert I have. There are spots in the Oxford edition where the word selection is absolutely brutal.Were someone new to Flaubert I would suggest skipping the Oxford Edition altogether.Part of the mystique of Flaubert is his language and while I do not read in the original French I can say that my experience with Oxford edition makes Flaubert into a brute of a writer.I don’t typically post comments on books despite having 6,ooo+ titles in my library but again I felt it important to single out the Oxford edition as really missing the mark with perhaps one of the most beautiful writers in the Western world.

⭐Remarkable novel. Historical background strangely placed at the end of this edition.

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