The first major novel by the famous French writer Gustave Flaubert, written in 1843–1845. Like most of his works created before Madame Bovary, the author put it “on the table” and never tried to publish it. It was only four years later that he used this title for another book, which is today known as Sentimental Education. A revolution in the novel's fortunes occurred in 1963, when its first separate edition appeared, and since then it has been reprinted several times in France. This is a completely independent work, telling the story of two young men - Henri and Jules - whose stories develop in parallel and are told in alternating chapters. The novel is published in Russian for the first time.