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The Heptameron

The Heptameron

De Navarre, Marguerite
Chilton, Paul
Chilton, Paul

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

Classic FictionGeneral Fiction

Publisher Price: $22.00

ISBN10: 014044355X
ISBN13: 9780140443554
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Jul 1 2004
Pages: 544
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for a bridge to be repaired they are inspired - by recalling Boccaccio's Decameron - to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. The stories however soon degenerate into a verbal battle between the sexes as the characters weave tales of corrupt friars adulterous noblemen and deceitful wives. From the cynical Saffredent to the young idealist Dagoucin or the moderate Parlamente - believed to express De Navarre's own views - The Heptameron provides a fascinating insight into the minds and passions of the nobility of sixteenth century France.

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