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Tres Cuentos: A Propósito de Gustave Flaubert y su Obra (Three Tales) (Spanish Edition)
Tres Cuentos A Propsito de Gustave Flaubert y su Obra - Three Tales - Spanish Edition Author:Gustave Flaubert Flaubert's Three Tales offer an excellent introduction to the work of one of the world's greatest novelists. — 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 s... more »tory of Felicite, 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.« less