Set amid the revolution of 1848, Flaubert's masterpiece combines political and social upheaval with scrutiny of individual motives in a compelling blend of romance, history, and satire.
The novel describes the life of a young man (Frédéric Moreau) living through the revolution of 1848 and the founding of the Second French Empire, and his love for an older woman (based on the wife of the music publisher Maurice ...
Flaubert, so he argued, 'stays on the surface, knows no feeling, no passion, no enthusiasm, no ideal, no insight, no reflections, no depths'.31 Maliciously perceptive, Barbey mocked Flaubert's cult of perfectionism, inviting his readers ...
But Pellerin launched into a harangue against tradesmen - he saw no difference between them , whether they were sellers of candles or of money . Then Rosenwald and Burieu talked about old china ; Arnoux chatted with Madame Oudry about ...
Two or three napkins were lying on the floor. It struck six. The night-light had gone out. ... He wrote a line to Pellerin, and Delphine hastened to deliver it. Pellerin arrived speedily, anxious by this display of zeal to.
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What sort of institution is education? In this iconoclastic study, James Donald restores the school to its proper place at the heart of post-Enlightenment culture and politics.
... grand endeavors will continue . . . and do contribute some cash for my little family . . . " Everyone began laughing , proclaiming him a real wit , sharp as can be ; and their joy only expanded when they saw the vendor bringing in the ...