Sentimental Education: Difference between revisions

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Frederic's infatuation with Romantic cliches makes him one.

* [[Coming of Age Story]]: One of the most famous in French literature. Subverted in that Frederic fails to mature psychologically as he grows older.

* [[Distant Finale]]: The last two chapters take place a couple of decades after the rest of the story; they describe the hollow existence lived by Frederic as he goes from youth to middle age, and depict one last encounter between Frederic and Marie.

* [[Full-Circle Revolution]]: The 1848 Revolution is hinted to have one within months of taking place (as indeed it did historically). One of Frederic's most exalted revolutionary friends [[Face Heel Turn|becomes a supporter]] of Napoleon III's takeover.

* [[Gay Paree]]: Frederic comes from the ''province'' and as such belongs to a recurring type in French literature, that of the young man whose dreams and ambitions drive him to Paris. Throughout the novel, how close the characters live from the center of Paris is an indication of how socially successful they are.

* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: Frederic.

* [[Likes Older Women]]: Frederic.