A compelling portrait of youth, ambition, and disillusionment, Sentimental Education follows Frédéric Moreau as he comes of age in a rapidly changing nineteenth-century France. Dreaming of success and captivated by his idealized love for the married Madame Arnoux, he is drawn into a world of artists, politicians, and social climbers, where desire and reality rarely align. Set against the backdrop of political unrest and social transformation, Flaubert’s masterpiece explores the gap between aspir ...