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This is, in broad strokes, the story of Lynn Barber, adapted by novelist Nick Hornby from her autobiographical essay. As rethought by Hornby (“About a Boy”) and director Lone Scherfig (“Italian for Beginners”), “An Education” is a fairly standard-issue coming-of-age tale hinging on the disillusionment at the end of the road from innocence to experience. ==I — PC==

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