First published in 1869, this deliberately written work follows the ambitions and whims of the young Fr d ric Moreau as he travels from his provincial hometown to the enticing metropolis of Paris.
Though he survived the Revolution of 1848, Moreau is still prone to all the mistakes and petty concerns of a young man of the middle class: he develops an infatuation for a married woman, Madame Arnoux, and falls in and out of love with her throughout the novel; his ambitious endeavors soon bore.
First published in 1869, this deliberately written work follows the ambitions and whims of the young Fr d ric Moreau as he travels from his provincial hometown to the enticing metropolis of Paris