The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre by Marguerite

"The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre" by Marguerite is a collection of 72 short stories published posthumously in 1558. Inspired by Boccaccio's Decameron, it presents tales told by travelers stranded at an abbey while awaiting a bridge's completion. The stories explore love, lust, infidelity, and sexual intrigue, often featuring cuckolded spouses and romantic entanglements. Originally planned for one hundred stories across ten days, the work remained incomplete at Marguerite's death, ending midway through the eighth day. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549
Contributor Le Roux de Lincy, 1806-1869
Editor Widger, David, 1932-2021?
Illustrator Dunker, Balthasar Anton, 1746-1807
Illustrator Freudenberger, Sigmund, 1745-1801
Translator Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933
Title The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre
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Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptam%C3%A9ron
Credits Produced by David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Indexes
Subject Love stories, French -- Translations into English
Subject Tales -- France -- Translations into English
Category Text
eBook-No. 28858
Release Date
Last Update Jan 29, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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