In Paris, Frédéric discovers that Jacques and Marie have moved away. He meets his neighbor’s daughter, Louise, but when an uncle passes away and the inheritance eases the family’s money troubles, he returns to Paris. Frédéric learns that his mother is having financial troubles and reluctantly returns home. There they encounter Jacques and his mistress, Mademoiselle Vatnaz.

Seeing that his friend is besotted with an older married woman, Deslauriers takes Frédéric to a cabaret show to distract him. Marie is a devoted wife and mother, however, and shows no inclination to offer Frédéric attention. In time, Frédéric is invited to join Jacques and Marie for dinner, and he finds that his infatuation with Marie has only grown stronger. Frédéric begins spending time with Hussonet and a group of students who meet at the shop. There he meets a young man named Hussonet, who Frédéric discovers works for Jacques. Instead, he lingers in Paris, aimless.Ī few weeks later, Frédéric attends a student protest as the political situation in France staggers toward the revolution of 1848. While in Paris, Frédéric comes across a shop that happens to be owned by Jacques although Frédéric has often thought of Marie, he chooses not to go inside and renew his acquaintance. Frédéric meets with Dambreuse, but the meeting does not lead to anything. Frédéric has come to Paris based on the advice of his old friend, Deslauriers, who has given him a letter of introduction to a wealthy banker named Dambreuse. Frédéric is smitten with Marie, but takes his leave when the ship arrives. He meets an older man named Jacques Arnoux, and they have a conversation he is introduced to Jacques’s wife, Marie. The story opens with Frédéric Moreau, who is on a short break between earning his bachelor’s degree and plunging into a study of the law, on board a ship heading to Paris. The follow-up to his classic, Madame Bovary, it was extremely influential and is considered a key work in the formation of the modern concept of the novel. A Sentimental Education is a French novel by Gustave Flaubert, published in 1869.

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