Emotional Education
by I
About This Novel
The subtitle of "Emotional Education" is "A Young Man's Story". The protagonist Frederic Moreau was born in a bourgeois family in the provinces. When he was eighteen years old, he came to Paris to study law. He fell deeply in love with Marie, the wife of the art dealer Arnoux. Although Mary did not love her husband, she abided by her womanly ways. Later, she was finally moved by Moreau's infatuation and agreed to date him. It was February 1848, and revolution broke out in Paris. For this appointment, Moreau did not go to the public demonstration. However, Mary was unable to attend the appointment because her son suddenly suffered from pseudomembranous laryngitis. In despair, Moreau falls into the arms of socialite Rosanette. The two lived together and gave birth to a son, who unfortunately died soon after. Moreau dated Boulez, an industrialist from an aristocratic background. In order to enter the upper class, he became Madame de Boulez's lover. After the death of the industrialist, the two prepared to get married. But at the furniture auction of the bankrupt Arnoux couple, Madame Boulez's actions deeply hurt Moreau's heart... "Emotional Education" is also, as the author said, "a modern genre novel that takes place in Paris." Around the protagonist Frederic Moreau, the novelist created a series of characters with unique characteristics and belonging to different social classes. Through these numerous creatures, we see a microcosm of French society in the 1840s, especially before and after the revolution of 1848. Therefore, "Emotional Education" is not only a personal emotional history, it is also a social novel, a chronicle of the image of the 1848 Revolution.
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