Three Tales offers an excellent introduction to the work of one of the world’s greatest novelists. A Simple Heart is set in the Normandy of Flaubert’s childhood, while Saint Julian and Herodias draw on medieval myth and the biblical story of John the Baptist for their inspiration. Each of the tales invites comparison with one or other of Flaubert’s novels, but they also reveal a fresh and distinctive side to the writers’s genius.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages: 144
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780199555864
ISBN 10: 0199555869