The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 3 (of 5)
by King of Navarre consort of Henry II Queen Marguerite
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In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for a bridge to be repaired, they are inspired - by recalling Boccaccio's Decameron - to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. The stories, however, soon degenerate into a verbal battle between the sexes, as the characters weave tales of corrupt friars, adulterous noblemen and deceitful wives. From the cynical Saffredent to the young idealist Dagoucin or the moderate Parlamente - believed to exp...
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- THE TALES OF THE HEPTAMERON OF Margaret, Queen of Navarre
- Newly Translated into English from the Authentic Text OF M. LE ROUX DE LINCY WITH AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A. Also the Original Seventy-three Full Page Engravings Designed by S. FREUDENBERG And One Hundred and Fifty Head and Tail Pieces By DUNKER IN FIVE VOLUMES
- VOLUME THE THIRD
- LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILISTS MDCCCXCIV
- [Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris]
- List of Illustrations
- DETAILED CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.
- [The Parting between Pauline and The Gentlemen]
- TALE XIX.
- [The Lord de Riant finding the Widow with her Groom]
- TALE XX.
- THIRD DAY.
- PROLOGUE.
- [Rolandine Conversing With Her Husband]
- TALE XXI.
- [Sister Marie and the Prior]
- TALE XXII.
- [The Grey Friar deceiving the Gentleman Of Périgord]
- TALE XXIII.
- [Elisor showing the Queen her own Image]
- TALE XXIV.
- [The Advocate’s Wife attending on the Prince]
- TALE XXV.
- [The Lord of Avannes paying His Court in Disguise]
- TALE XXVI.
- [The Secretary imploring the Lady not To Tell Of His Wickedness]
- TALE XXVII.
- [The Secretary Opening the Pasty]
- TALE XXVIII.
- [The Husbandman surprised by the Fall of the Winnowing Fan]
- TALE XXIX.
- [The Young Gentleman embracing his Mother]
- TALE XXX.
- APPENDIX.
- A. (Tale XX., Page 21.)
- B. (Tale XXV., Page 131.)
- C. (Tale XXVI., Page 143.)
- D. (Tale XXX., Page 191).
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