Description
| Product ID: | 9780140448009 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Three Tales |
| Authors: | Author: Gustave Flaubert, Roger Whitehouse |
| Page Count: | 144 |
| Subjects: | Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short stories, Fiction in translation, Short stories, Fiction in translation |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating With elegant simplicity, A Simple Heart' relates the story of Felicite - an uneducated serving-woman who retains her Catholic faith despite a life of desolation and loss. First published in 1877, these three stories are dominated by questions of doubt, love, loneliness and religious experience, and together form a triumphant conclusion to Flaubert''s literary career. With elegant simplicity, ''A Simple Heart'' relates the story of Félicité - an uneducated serving-woman who retains her Catholic faith despite a life of desolation and loss. Inspired by a stained-glass window in Rouen cathedral, ''The Legend of Saint Julian Hospitator'' describes the fate of Julian, 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 Salomé and John the Baptist. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-01-27 |