A Sentimental Education

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A Sentimental Education (Magill Book Reviews)

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A young man from the provinces, Frederic Moreau comes to Paris and dabbles in law, literature, and painting, supported by a private income and then an inheritance. His one real passion is for Madame Arnoux, who looks to him like a woman out of romantic novels. He pursues her with devotion, but when her son falls ill, she fails to appear at the decisive tryst where he had hoped to seduce her. Frederic consoles himself by going off with Rosanette, the mistress of Madame Arnoux’s husband. Thus, he both loses the reward of his romantic passion and, on the same day, misses the heroic...

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