Project Gutenberg
2004-04-01
Public domain in the USA.
234
Flaubert, Gustave
1821
1880
Trois contes
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Tales_(Flaubert) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois_Contes
Un coeur simple -- La légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier -- Hérodias.
Produced by Tonya Allen, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously
made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)
at http://gallica.bnf.fr.,
"Trois contes" by Gustave Flaubert is a collection of three short stories written during the late 19th century. The individual tales—"Un cœur simple," "La légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier," and "Hérodias"—explore themes of love, sacrifice, and the complexities of human experience through richly detailed narratives, often focusing on female characters and their struggles within societal constraints. At the start of the first story, "Un cœur simple," we are introduced to Félicité, a loyal servant who dedicates her life to her mistress, Madame Aubain, and her children. The narrative paints a picture of Félicité's humble life, detailing her duties, past hardships, and glimpses of her unfulfilled desires, especially her lost love and connection to family. The opening sets the stage for a poignant exploration of Félicité's devotion, her simple joys, and the quiet tragedies that define her existence, foreshadowing the deeper emotional currents that Flaubert will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
fr
Salome (Biblical figure) -- Fiction
French fiction -- 19th century
Julian, the Hospitaller, Saint -- Fiction
Herodias -- Fiction
John the Baptist, Saint -- Fiction
PQ
Text
FR Littérature
FR Nouvelles
Category: Short Stories
Category: French Literature
227282
2025-08-05T13:49:47.694361
text/html
202726
2024-10-28T19:07:38
text/html
154659
2025-08-05T13:49:52.742320
application/epub+zip
157431
2025-08-05T13:49:49.440320
application/epub+zip
157432
2025-08-05T13:49:48.291337
application/epub+zip
282040
2025-08-05T13:49:55.241318
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
271592
2025-08-05T13:49:52.096325
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
236091
2022-09-06T18:37:55.388607
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
213436
2025-08-05T13:49:47.209307
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
193585
2024-10-28T19:07:38
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
18145
2025-08-05T13:49:55.371284
application/rdf+xml
11626
2025-08-05T13:49:48.860330
image/jpeg
3117
2025-08-05T13:49:48.537303
image/jpeg
151267
2025-08-05T13:49:47.714357
application/octet-stream
application/zip
Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at
https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog
en.wikipedia
fr.wikipedia