Sentimental Education
French novelist, 1821–1880.
Sentimental Education is an 1869 novel by Gustave Flaubert, translated from French.
On 2 of the 10 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Gustave Flaubert
- First published
- 1869
- Length
- 512 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from French
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Love story, Political, Class and society
Is Sentimental Education worth reading?
2 of the 10 best-of lists it could have made include it: Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs) and The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 94 | See the list |
Best edition of Sentimental Education
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2004), 512 pages, translated by Robert Baldick.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2004)
- Pages
- 512
- Translator
- Robert Baldick
- ISBN
- 9780140447972
How critics and readers rate Sentimental Education
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 42% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Sentimental Education
If you liked Sentimental Education, try Madame Bovary, Anna Karenina or Middlemarch.
