November (Hesperus Classics Series)
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An intense, passionate, and profoundly moving work, Flaubert's November explores the notions of desire and longing to most remarkable effect. Foreword by Nadine Gordimer.
Wrestling with the agony of loneliness, a young man withdraws deeper into himself, believing he has now reached the autumn of his life. His increasing hopelessness gives way to a yearning for romance-surely the love of a woman can deliver him the purpose he so craves? Convinced of the truth of this, he visits Marie, a kindhearted prostitute-yet Marie, too, is starved of love and longs for acceptance. Together, they form a tragic portrait of personal anguish, heralding the extraordinary outpouring of romantic longing found in Flaubert's later novels. Most famous for Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education: The Story of a Young Man, Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) is one of the undisputed masters of 19th-century fiction.
November (Hesperus Classics Series)
November: Fragments in a Nondescript Style (Hesperus Classics Series),Gustave Flaubert,Andrew Brown,Hesperus Press,1843911124,Classics,Fiction,French Novel And Short Story,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics,FICTION_ROMANCE_GENERAL,Fiction / Romance / General,French,Romance
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