Three Tales
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- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2005
Summary
Three stories that form Flaubert’s last complete work and reveal him as a master of the short story form.
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 Felicite - an uneducated serving-woman who retains her Catholic faith despite a life of desolation and loss. Inspired by a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140448009 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140448004 |
| Author: | Gustave Flaubert, Roger Whitehouse, Geoffrey Wall |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2005 |
| Weight: | 114g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 8mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert was born in Rouen in 1821. After illness interrupted a career in law, he retired to live with his widowed mother and devote himself to writing. He achieved limited success in his own lifetime, but his fame and reputation grew steadily after his death in 1880.
Geoffrey Wall (introducer) teaches French at the University of York. He is the author of a critically-acclaimed biography of Flaubert and has translated Madame Bovary for Penguin Classics.
Roger Whitehouse (translator) is the editor of a book on literary expressions of exile.
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