The Heptameron
By: Marguerite de Navarre ; translated with an introduction by P.A. Chilton.
Contributors: Chilton, Paul A.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England; New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 542
Subjects: Love stories, French -- Translations into English.; Tales -- France -- Translations into English.
Description: The stories of the Heptameron are related by five men and five women for their amusement and edification after they have taken refuge in a Pyrenean Abbey from a series of disasters. Their subjects range from the bawdy to the romantic, from anti-clerical humor to serious reflections on spiritual matters.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 41-44.
Translation of: Heptaméron.