Based on Flaubert s own youthful passion for an older woman SentimentalEducation was described by its author as the moral history of the men of mygeneration. It... » 

Based on Flaubert s own youthful passion for an older woman SentimentalEducation was described by its author as the moral history of the men of mygeneration. It follows the amorous adventures of Frederic Moreau a law studentwho returning home to Normandy from Paris notices Mme Arnoux a slender darkwoman several years older than himself. It is the beginning of an infatuationthat will last a lifetime. He befriends her husband an influentialbusinessman and as their paths cross and recross over the years Mme Arnouxremains the constant unattainable love of Moreau s life. Blending love storyhistorical authenticity and satire Sentimental Education is one of thegreat French novels of the nineteenth century. «