num_pages: 291
description: "Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), creator of the modern novel, was twenty-one when he began composing his first L'Éducation Sentimentale. This, his first novel, was only published posthumously; it bears no relation to the later work (1869) of the same title. The novel is of prime importance and interest for its formulation of Flaubert's philosophic conception of life and art. Nowhere do we find as complete an account of Flaubert's aesthetic theories as in the First Sentimental Education." 
language: French
title: The First Sentimental Education
titlecomplete: The First Sentimental Education (English and French Edition)
characters: Frédéric Moreau, Mme Dambreuse, Marthe Arnoux, Charles Deslauriers, Mme Arnoux
genres: Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, 19th Century, France, Historical Fiction, French Literature, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 21524
places: Aube department, France, Paris, Normandy, Nogent-sur-Seine, Aube
publisher: Univ of California Pr