"Three Tales" (Trois Contes) is a work by Gustave Flaubert that was originally published in French in 1877. It consists of the short stories "A Simple Heart", "Saint Julian the Hospitalier," and "Hérodias". "Dance of Death" is another story sometimes grouped with "Simple Heart" and "Saint Julian the Hospitalier" as Three Short Works. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

The author of Madame Bovary counted among his correspondents Theophile Gautier, Emile Zola, Guy de Maupassant, ­­­­­and his close friend George Sand (Amantine Dupin). These letters, mostly from the latter half of the great writer's life, offer unique glimpses into Flaubert's emotions, relationships, critical mind, and work. The volume also includes are four short works: an early drama, "The Dance of Death;" an early essay, "Rabelais;" "Preface...

"Excepción. Decir que confirma la regla. No arriesgarse a explicar cómo (... ) Libro. Cualquiera que sea, siempre demasiado largo (... ) Republicanos. No todos los republicanos son ladrones, pero todos los ladrones son republicanos." Diccionario de los lugares comunes: proyecto literario (concebido en 1847 y publicado póstumamente en 1911) en el cual Flaubert, mediante un agudo sentido del humor y una ironía incisiva, apelando a un caudal de citas...

A personalidade literária de Flaubert, dotada de um agudo senso crítico que o distanciou do exaltado gosto romântico da época, levou-o a tornar-se um dos maiores prosadores da França no século XIX. O romance "Madame Bovary", a sua obra-prima, levou cinco anos a escrever e deu origem a um processo judicial no qual o autor apenas conseguiu escapar à prisão graças à habilidade da defesa, que transformou a acusação de imoralidade na proclamação...

Salaambo is a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert, whose vivid plot bursts with exoticism, high drama, and bloody violence. Set in Carthage, during the 3rd-century BC immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt, which took place shortly after the First Punic War. It's a tale of war between, Rome and Carthage. Flaubert describes in detail the Mercenary Revolt and the fight of the Mercenaries against the all-powerful Carthage, the theft of...

This compelling portrait of obsessive love is drawn against the backdrop of ancient Carthage after a fierce battle. It is the story of the beautiful high priestess Salambo, who beguiles the leader of the invading army and sets in motion a horrific tragedy. Stylistically, it is one of Flaubert's more colorful and romantic ventures.

Mucho se ocupó el siglo XIX de la mente humana. Fue el tiempo en el que nació la psiquiatría y el psicoanálisis y en el que varios estudiosos, sobre todo galos se preguntaron si la escritura no es la huella del delirio solitario. En 1934, Raymond Queneau buscó editorial para su manuscrito En los confines de las tinieblas que es una antología de los alienados franceses del siglo XIX que fueron publicados. No fue el primer intento, pero sí el...

Although Flaubert is remembered for his novels, most notably "Madame Bovary," he took a hiatus from longer pieces near the end of his career to produce a wonderful collection of short stories. Four of these stories are featured in this edition, which includes "A Simple Soul," a story of love and spiritual awakening seen through the simple life of a servant girl, "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller," an Oedipus-like tale that examines fate...

The story details one night in the life of Anthony the Great where Anthony is faced with great temptations, and it was inspired by the painting, which he saw at the Balbi Palace in Genoa. Gustave Flaubert spent practically his whole life working on this text.

The story of "A Simple Heart" is simply the story of an obscure life, that of a poor country girl, devout but mystical, devoted without exaltation and tender as fresh bread. She loves successively a man, the children of her mistress, a nephew, an old man whom she cares for and then her parrot, when the parrot is dead, she has it stuffed and, dying in turn, she confuses the parrot with the Holy Spirit.