Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 2

by Gustave Flaubert

"Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 2" by Gustave Flaubert is a novel published in 1869. It follows Frédéric Moreau, a young man consumed by his passion for an older married woman, against the backdrop of the French Revolution of 1848. Through ironic and pessimistic prose, Flaubert traces Moreau's romantic entanglements with multiple women, his wavering ambitions, and his inability to commit to love or career. The novel portrays a generation marked by capriciousness, materialism, and the worship of power.