Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Volume 3
Author: last_name: Marguerite of Navarre
Language: English
Year: 1894

THE HEPTAMERON (here Volume 3 of 5), first published posthumously in 1558, is divided into seven complete days containing 10 stories each, and an eighth day containing only 2 stories. The stories, many of which deal with love and infidelity, resulted in "accusations of looseness" by critics of the day. The author, Margaret of Navarre (also known as Margaret of Angoulême) became an influential woman in the intellectual and cultural circles of the French Renaissance.
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From an 1892 essay