Memoirs of a Madman Author:Gustave Flaubert A captivating and evocative work, and one of Flaubert’s earliest writings, Memoirs of a Madman forms the basis of his masterpiece, L’ Education Sentimentale. As a young man looks back on the years that have brought him to “madness,” he recalls the innocence of his boyhood and his fond belief that he was ble... more »ssed with a mind of genius. Yet, painfully, wretchedly, he also recounts his all–too–sudden entry into the adult world. For the day that he caught sight of a beautiful woman by the sea marked the end of his flamboyant philosophizing and the beginning of his tragic coming of age. Foreword by Germaine Greer.« less