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The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 1 (of 5) — Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre Marguerite

The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 1 (of 5)

Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre Marguerite

  • Stories
  • Book language: English
  • 159 pages

The Heptameron by Marguerite de Navarre is a collection of short stories framed by travelers who entertain one another with tales. Written in Renaissance France, it explores love, courtship, virtue, and human folly. This first volume offers a lively, reflective classic of storytelling.

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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 FIRST

LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH

BIBLIOPHILISTS

MDCCCXCIV

Volume II.       Volume III.       Volume IV.       Volume V.

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[Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris]

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List of Illustrations
TALE CONTENTS

FIRST DAY.

Tale I. The pitiful history of a Proctor of Alençon, named St. Aignan, and of his wife, who caused her husband to assassinate her lover, the son of the Lieutenant-General

Tale II. The fate of the wife of a muleteer of Amboise, who suffered herself to be killed by her servant rather than sacrifice her chastity

Tale III. The revenge taken by the Queen of Naples, wife to King

Alfonso, for

her husband’s infidelity with a gentleman’s wife

Tale IV. The ill success of a Flemish gentleman who was unable to obtain, either by persuasion or force, the love of a great Princess

Tale V. How a boatwoman of Coulon, near Nyort, contrived to escape from the vicious designs of two Grey Friars

Tale VI. How the wife of an old valet of the Duke of Alençon’s succeeded in saving her lover from her husband, who was blind of one eye

Tale VII. The craft of a Parisian merchant, who saved the reputation of the daughter by offering violence to the mother

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Contents

  1. THE TALES OF THE HEPTAMERON OF Margaret, Queen of Navarre
  2. Newly Translated into English from the Authentic Text OF M. LE ROUX DE LINCY WITH AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON BY GEORGE
  3. VOLUME THE FIRST
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. TALE CONTENTS
  6. PREFACE.
  7. Explanation of the Initials appended to the Notes.
  8. MARGARET OF ANGOULÊME, QUEEN OF NAVARRE.
  9. I.
  10. II.
  11. III.
  12. IV.
  13. ON THE HEPTAMERON,
  14. DEDICATIONS AND PREFACE,
  15. Peter Boaistuau, surnamed Launay, To the Reader.(1)
  16. To the most Illustrious and Virtuous Princess, Madame Jane de Foix,
  17. THE HEPTAMERON.
  18. PROLOGUE.
  19. FIRST DAY.
  20. TALE I.
  21. TALE II.
  22. TALE III.
  23. TALE IV.
  24. TALE V.
  25. TALE VI.
  26. TALE VII.
  27. APPENDIX.
  28. A. (Prologue, Page 31.)
  29. B. (Tale I., Page 50.)
  30. C. (Tale IV., Page 85.)

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