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Sentimental Education

By: Gustave Flaubert
Narrated by: Michael Maloney
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Frederic Moreau is a law student returning home from Paris when he first notices Mme Arnoux, a slender, dark woman several years older than himself. It is the beginning of an infatuation that will last a lifetime. He befriends her husband, an influential businessman, and their paths cross again and again over the years. Through financial upheaval, political turmoil, and countless affairs, Mme. Arnoux remains the constant, unattainable love of Moreau's life.

Based on Flaubert's own youthful passion for an older woman, Sentimental Education blends love story, historical authenticity, and satire to create one of the greatest French novels of the nineteenth century.

(P)2012 AudioGO Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Witty Middle Ages
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“Reader Michael Maloney...consistently differentiates well among characters and handles French like a Parisian.”

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Michael Maloney manages to capture in his reading a necessary clarity. He matches Flaubert's transparent prose perfectly with an unmannered reading giving space to consider the story and enjoy the unfolding tale of frustrated love.

Romantic classic - a tale of frustrated love

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A stunning novel, with historical sweep and emotional depth. Beautifully read, both dramatic and emotionally nuanced.

Towering

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Revolutionary Paris in its bourgeois triumph seen through the eyes of a young romantic idealist, more immersed in sentiment (in its widest sense) than politics. He has the usual tastes, vices and expectations of a bourgeois allied to a delicate notion of almost chivalric love. As France does, he lives and learns, and so fails...

Flaubert is a master stylist even in translation. He turns melodrama from soap into dramatic gold in this sweeping evocation of the epoch before the belle epoch.

Great listen!👍😊

Vivid Portrait of 1848 France (with a Bildungsroman attached!)

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What about Michael Maloney’s performance did you like?

Michael Maloney - a brilliant actor - gives an excellent performance in everything he does, and his reading of this maintains the standard awesomeness we have come to expect from him.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The final scene between Frédéric Moreau and his long-time love Madame Arnoux was tender and brought a tear to my eyes. I love the story because it's like a slice of life - nothing contrived or fantastical, but real and all-too-human.

Superb

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This is a wonderful narration by Michael Moloney, had me spellbound from start to finish.

Simply, a joy :

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