{"product_id":"sentimental-education-the-story-of-a-young-man-paperback-1","title":"Sentimental Education: The Story of a Young Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGustave Flaubert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRaymond N. MacKenzie\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 Franco-Prussian 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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The novel's protagonist, Frédéric 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 \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 Frédéric'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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), one of France's leading exponents of literary realism, was born in Rouen. He arrived in Paris in 1840 to study law but soon returned to his hometown, where he largely remained, focused on his writing in the family home in Croisset. Provincial life was the focus of \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, but a trip to Egypt and the Middle East gave him inspiration for \u003ci\u003eSalammbô\u003c\/i\u003e. He died at the age of fifty-eight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Raymond N. MacKenzie is professor of English at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has translated Balzac's \u003ci\u003eLost Souls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLost Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, d'Aurevilly's \u003ci\u003eDiaboliques\u003c\/i\u003e, and Stendhal's \u003ci\u003eItalian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed and Black\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the University of Minnesota Press, as well as Flaubert's \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e and Zola's \u003ci\u003eGerminal\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the PEN Translation Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 8.6 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764933755168,"sku":"9781517914134","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f24f57dc0a1bb11c508c806eb6cec65d.webp?v=1780258070","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sentimental-education-the-story-of-a-young-man-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}