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A sentimental education : the story of a young man
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
A sentimental education : the story of a young man
Author:
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880.
ISBN:
9780192836229
Uniform Title:
Education sentimentale. English
Edition:
paperback edition.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Oxford World's Classics 2000
Physical Description:
xxxiii, 489 p. ; 20 cm.
Description:
Set against the backdrop of the 1848 Revolution, this is the story of young lawyer Frederic Moreau's infatuation with the demurely exotic Madame Arnoux. This ironic depiction of uneventful lives in a troubled period of European history is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century.