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| Original Title: | Trois contes: Un coeur simple; La Légende de Saint-Julien l'Hospitalier; Hérodias |
| ISBN: | 0140448004 (ISBN13: 9780140448009) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Gustave Flaubert
Paperback | Pages: 110 pages Rating: 3.68 | 5033 Users | 316 Reviews
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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 (also published as A Simple Soul), 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.
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| Title | : | Three Tales |
| Author | : | Gustave Flaubert |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 110 pages |
| Published | : | January 27th 2005 by Penguin Classics (first published April 1877) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Short Stories. Classics. Cultural. France. European Literature. French Literature. Literature. 19th Century |
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Ratings: 3.68 From 5033 Users | 316 ReviewsCriticism Containing Books Three Tales
This is an interesting collection of stories. As the Translator's Preface says, "These three short stories by Flaubert are unlike anyone else's, and they are also unlike much of his own work, for another reason than their shortness." I admit I was hoping for something that I would call more 'Flaubert-like,' and the prose is the best of it.The first story is called A Simple Heart and is most like what I anticipated. "Madam Aubain's servant Félicité was the envy of the ladies of Pont-l'Évêque forAs I age, it becomes clearer to me that Flaubert is my Northern Star*. Some may quibble with his emphasis on style; have fun with that. The man was unnaturally incapable of writing a sentence that doesn't curl my toes. Herein find three delightful examples of the Master working at the religious through very different lenses. "St. Julian" still taketh the fondue, however. Bear in mind I am someone predisposed to loathe the short form, but I prance and fawn over these tales.Flaubert. Beckett.
I have the fire department coming around later for a lecture on electrical safety. Apparently, my unplugging policy needs revising. For fifteen years of my life, I never unplugged a single plug (even in multisockets) and encountered no raging conflagrations in my boudoir (except in the bedwink wink). But now everyones telling me what a buffoon I was! That you must ALWAYS unplug your appliances at night in case spontaneous friction occurs and the whole neighbourhood burns to a crisp! So, looking
JOHN CLEESE: I would like to register a complaint about this parrot, what I read about not half an hour ago in a Flaubert short story.MICHAEL PALIN: Oh yeah? What's wrong wiv it?CLEESE: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my good man. It's representing the Holy Ghost, that's what's wrong with it.The rest of this review is available elsewhere (the location cannot be given for Goodreads policy reasons)
Trois Contes: Un coeur simple; La Légende de Saint-Julien l'Hospitalier; Hérodias = Three Tales, Gustave Flaubert Three Tales is a work by Gustave Flaubert that was originally published in French in 1877. It consists of the short stories "A Simple Heart", "Saint Julian the Hospitalier," and "Hérodias". A Simple Heart, is a story about a servant girl named Felicité. ...The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitalier, is a story about Julian the Hospitaller. ...Hérodia, is the retelling of the
San Giuliano Ospitaliere è un bel racconto che però soccombe di fronte al crescendo di tensione presente nelle ultime pagine di Erodiade, quando Salomé entra in sala. In cima al palco si tolse il velo. Era Erodiade, come al tempo della sua giovinezza. Poi si mise a danzare. I Nomadi avvezzi allastinenza, i soldati di Roma esperti nelle orge, gli avari pubblicani, i vecchi sacerdoti inaspriti dalle dispute, tutti, dilatando le narici, palpitavano di desiderio.Ed entrambi i racconti escono
Trois Contes: Un coeur simple; La Légende de Saint-Julien l'Hospitalier; Hérodias = Three Tales, Gustave Flaubert Three Tales is a work by Gustave Flaubert that was originally published in French in 1877. It consists of the short stories "A Simple Heart", "Saint Julian the Hospitalier," and "Hérodias". A Simple Heart, is a story about a servant girl named Felicité. ...The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitalier, is a story about Julian the Hospitaller. ...Hérodia, is the retelling of the
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