There is a scene in Gustave Flaubert’s novel Sentimental Education that one cannot read without turning one’s mind to today. Set against the backdrop of the 1848 revolutions in Europe, it tells the story of the romantic and intellectual wanderings of the earnest but capricious young Frédéric Moreau. In the exhilarating world of... read full story
"display of virulence [against] those who held conservative views"