Literary Significance and Criticism
Stéphane Mallarmé referred to his Penses-tu réussir! as a modern version of Gustave Flaubert's Sentimental Education.
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“When the literary class betray a destitution of faith, it is not strange that society should be disheartened and sensualized by unbelief.”
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