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Three Tales

Three Tales

Flaubert, Gustave
Whitehouse, Roger
Wall, Geoffrey

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $12.00

ISBN10: 0140448004
ISBN13: 9780140448009
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Aug 30 2005
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.36 Width: 5.08 Depth: 7.72
Language: English
Three stories by a French master

First published in 1877, these three stories are dominated by questions of doubt, love, loneliness, and religious experience--together they confirm Flaubert as a master of the short story. A Simple Heart relates the story of Félicité, an uneducated serving-woman who retains her Catholic faith despite a life of desolation and loss. The Legend of Saint Julian Hospitator, inspired by a stained-glass window in Rouen cathedral, describes the fate of a sadistic hunter destined to murder his own parents. The blend of faith and cruelty that dominates this story may also be found in Herodias, a reworking of the tale of Salome and John the Baptist.

This new edition is a completely new translation with a new introduction by Geoffrey Wall, Flaubert's acclaimed biographer. It features a chronology, further reading, and explanantory notes.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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