The Temptation of Saint Anthony - A Historical Novel (Complete Edition) and Madame Bovary

The Temptation of Saint Anthony - A Historical Novel (Complete Edition)

Name: The Temptation of Saint Anthony - A Historical Novel (Complete Edition)
Price: 4.9 GBP
Availability: InStock
Author: Flaubert Gustave Flaubert
ISBN: 9788027330683

by Flaubert Gustave Flaubert

Paperback
Publisher: E-Artnow
15.3 x 22.9 x 0.5 cm

£4.90Save 18%

Save 18% | Available - Usually dispatched within 3 days

Available - Usually dispatched within 3 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account

The Temptation of Saint Anthony is a historical novel. It takes as its subject the famous temptation faced by Saint Anthony the Great in the Egyptian desert, a theme often repeated in medieval and modern art. It is written in the form of a play script. It details one night in the life of Anthony the Great where Anthony is faced with great temptations, and it was inspired by the painting, which he saw at the Balbi Palace in Genoa. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Maupassant was a prot