Memoirs of a Madman
Gustave Flaubert
86 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 1843910004
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Language: English
Publish: 1046505600000
19th CenturyClassicsCulturalFictionFranceFrench LiteratureLiteratureNovelsPhilosophyShort Stories
A captivating and evocative work, Memoirs of a Madman is one of Flaubert’s earliest writings, and forms the basis for his highly renowned L’Education Sentimentale. As a young man looks back on the years that have brought him to “madness,” he recalls the innocence of his boyhood and his fond belief that he was blessed with a mind of genius. Yet, painfully, wretchedly, he also recounts his all-too-sudden entry into the adult world. For the day he caught sight of a beautiful woman by the sea marked the end of his flamboyant philosophizing, and the beginning of a tragic coming of age.