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A review by tylermcgaughey
Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert
4.0
A fine book for and about self-pitying young men who romanticize women all out of proportion.
See: "She looked like the women in romantic novels. He would not have wanted to add anything to her appearance, or to take anything away. His world had suddenly grown bigger. She was the point of light on which all things converged; and lulled by the movement of the carraige, his eyelids half closed, his gaze directed at the clouds, he gave himself up to an infinite, dreamy joy."
Also: "He knew the shape of each of her nails; he delighted in listening to the rustle of her silk dress when she passed a door; he furtively sniffed at the scent on her handkerchief; her comb, her gloves, her rings were things of special significance to him, as important as works of art, almost endowed with life like human beings."
Or: "Looking at this woman had an enervating effect on him, like a scent that is too strong. The sensation penetrated to the very depths of his being, and became almost a habitual condition, a new mode of existence."
And so on and so forth.
See: "She looked like the women in romantic novels. He would not have wanted to add anything to her appearance, or to take anything away. His world had suddenly grown bigger. She was the point of light on which all things converged; and lulled by the movement of the carraige, his eyelids half closed, his gaze directed at the clouds, he gave himself up to an infinite, dreamy joy."
Also: "He knew the shape of each of her nails; he delighted in listening to the rustle of her silk dress when she passed a door; he furtively sniffed at the scent on her handkerchief; her comb, her gloves, her rings were things of special significance to him, as important as works of art, almost endowed with life like human beings."
Or: "Looking at this woman had an enervating effect on him, like a scent that is too strong. The sensation penetrated to the very depths of his being, and became almost a habitual condition, a new mode of existence."
And so on and so forth.