About This Novel
Flaubert formed a close friendship with the young philosopher Poitvin very early on. Poitevin's pessimistic thoughts and aesthetic views had a considerable influence on Flaubert. Flaubert's thoughts are also obviously influenced by Spinoza's atheism. When he was in middle school, he read romantic works enthusiastically and engaged in literary study. These works express "demonic egoism" and anarchic fanaticism, with a strong romantic flavor. In his later years, in addition to carefully guiding Maupassant's writing, Flaubert has been writing his last novel "Bovard and Pécuchet", which is only one chapter short of completion. This novel can be said to be the companion volume of "Emotional Education" and can be called "Intellectual Education".
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