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A Sentimental Education follows Frédéric Moreau, a young man who moves to Paris to study law and becomes infatuated with Marie, the wife of an older man named Jacques Arnoux. Despite his social and financial struggles, Frédéric oscillates between different relationships and political engagements during the 1848 French Revolution. His pursuit of Marie and personal ambitions lead to a series of complex emotional and social entanglements that ultimately remain unfulfilled.