Three Tales — Gustave Flaubert

Three Tales offers an excellent introduction to the work of one of the worlds greatest novelists A Simple Heart is set in the Normandy of Flauberts 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 Flauberts novels but they also reveal a fresh and distinctive side to the writerss genius

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