{"product_id":"2026200008050-secondhand-sentimental-education","title":"Sentimental Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert stands as one of the defining masterworks of 19th-century French literature, chronicling the romantic and political coming-of-age of Frédéric Moreau against the turbulent backdrop of the 1848 French Revolution. The novel follows Frédéric from his youth in the provinces to the salons and streets of Paris, where his obsessive, unrequited love for the older, married Madame Arnoux shapes — and ultimately derails — his ambitions and character. Flaubert presents this portrait of an entire generation's disillusionment with unflinching psychological precision, weaving together the personal and the political to show how dreams, whether of love or social reform, are corroded by reality and indecision. Written with Flaubert's signature cool irony and exquisite prose style, the novel remains a devastating and timeless study of idealism, desire, and the passage of youth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956187967707,"sku":"2026200008050-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b1b5e511-43f8-4e6b-ac02-a78ced3720a3.png?v=1783498893","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008050-secondhand-sentimental-education","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}