← The collection
Record · TRES-CONTOSEx libris
Bookslingo editionsXIX · 44

Three Tales

Trois contes

Gustave Flaubert

Realism
1877

Read across languages · B

Realism1877Français

Three Tales

Original title: Trois contes (Français)

Gustave Flaubert

Read a few pages

Reading this one from beginning to end belongs to the full library.

Read it in

As it was written: Français

The story

A simple heart, a medieval legend and a biblical scene: three narratives in which Flaubert proves that stylistic perfection fits into few pages.

About the author

Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) made the sentence a matter of conscience and set the standard for realist prose.

How the reading works here

Full library

The catalogue entry and the opening passage stay open to everyone. Reading it whole comes with a subscription.