Project Gutenberg 2006-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 110 Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre 1492 1549 Margaret, Queen of Navarre Navarre, Marguerite de d'Angoulême, Marguerite Le Roux de Lincy 1806 1869 Le Roux de Lincy, Antoine Jean Victor Lincy, Le Roux de Roux de Lincy, Le De Lincy, Le Roux Dunker, Balthasar Anton 1746 1807 Duncker Freudenberger, Sigmund 1745 1801 Freudenberg, S. (Sigmund) Freudeberg, S. (Sigmund) Saintsbury, George 1845 1933 Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 4 (of 5) London : $b The Society of English Bibliophilists, $c 1894 Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Preceded by vol III PG#17703 and followed by vol V PG#17705 Produced by David Widger "The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 4 (of 5)" by Marguerite is a collection of stories written in the 16th century. This volume continues the narrative tradition started in earlier sections, featuring a series of tales that revolve around themes of love, morality, and the complexities of human relationships. The stories often include a mix of humor and tragedy, focusing on various characters from different social strata and their intricate interactions. The opening of this volume sets the stage with a prologue that introduces the gathering of characters who will narrate the tales, highlighting their interests in matters of love and virtue. The first tale presents a chilling account of a wicked friar whose desires lead to tragic consequences, followed by tales that explore themes such as marital fidelity, the dangers of spiritual love, and the tests of patience and wisdom in relationships. The conversations between characters underscore societal norms, the nature of wickedness, and the moral lessons that are drawn from each story, engaging the reader with both narrative depth and rich character dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/17704/17704-h/images/cover.jpg en Love stories, French -- Translations into English Tales -- France -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 385954 386183 2024-10-08T04:30:44.669821 2023-09-08T06:53:17.701836 text/html text/html 399429 2021-02-25T21:42:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 6478447 2021-02-25T21:42:07 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 6602035 2024-10-08T04:30:52.560236 application/epub+zip 6610260 2024-10-08T04:30:46.433029 application/epub+zip 185019 2024-10-08T04:30:45.597802 application/epub+zip 6716108 2024-10-08T04:30:56.837228 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6699526 2024-10-08T04:30:51.779290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283383 2022-09-08T12:34:08.793635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317153 2024-10-08T04:30:43.479808 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 319007 2016-09-09T14:43:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 117413 2016-09-09T14:44:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 314969 2016-09-09T09:51:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 116902 2016-09-09T09:54:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 314924 2006-02-07T12:15:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116680 2006-02-07T13:35:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 26062 2024-10-08T04:30:57.029218 application/rdf+xml 10702 2024-10-08T04:30:45.741769 image/jpeg 2111 2024-10-08T04:30:45.669773 image/jpeg 6479846 2024-10-08T04:30:45.273786 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia