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"L'education sentimentale is about a young country boy coming of age in Paris. He misses all the opportunities that life offers him through negligence, sincerity and lack of vision: Love, wealth, position and political aspirations escape him. He moves through different social classes through his relations with four different women as well as his friends from university. "
Lucette Bailliet, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Inside culture (main char)
- French
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society)
- French
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Loving/sexing?
- girl chasing
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- long lived adults
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 (a fair amount)
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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