A. Coleman
Published: 2016-08-30
Total Pages: 364
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Excerpt from Flaubert's Literary Development in the Light of His Memoires D'un Fou, Novembre and Education Sentimentale (Version of 1845) There is no allusion in the published correspondence of Flaubert to this first important work of an autobiographic nature 1, nor has any one been able so far to fix the exact date either of the adventure on which it is based or of the compo sitiou of the confession itself. That it is a confession, a subse quent chapter of this study will show 2, but the correspondence from which all the arguments are drawn contains not a single allusion to the precise events involved. This is doubtless due to the fact that no letter of 1836, and only three of 1837, are to be found in the published correspondence 3. Mr. Descharmes is inclined to place the composition of chapter x in October, 1838 (p. 65, n. And the whole work there or thereabouts, except chapter XV, which he attributes to 1837 (p. 68 and n. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."