Drie Vertellingen by Gustave Flaubert

"Drie Vertellingen" by Gustave Flaubert is a collection of three short stories published in 1877. The work explores profound themes through three distinct narratives: a devoted servant woman whose simple life conceals deep spiritual yearning, a nobleman cursed to fulfill a terrible prophecy despite his attempts to escape fate, and the biblical tale of John the Baptist's execution through political manipulation. Each story examines sacrifice, devotion, and redemption through characters whose lives intertwine with forces beyond their control. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880
Translator Koenen, Marie, 1879-1959
Uniform Title Trois Contes. Dutch
Title Drie Vertellingen
Note Translation of Trois Contes
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Tales_(Flaubert) nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois_contes
Credits Produced by Miranda, Marc D. and the Distributed Online Proofreading Team
Reading Level Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language Dutch
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject French fiction -- 19th century
Subject Julian, the Hospitaller, Saint -- Fiction
Subject Herodias -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 8804
Release Date
Last Update Sep 25, 2014
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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