A review by msgtdameron
Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert

hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Great short stories that show the breadth of Flauberts style and work.  One, A Simple Soul, is Madame Bovary with out the sex angle, but is the story of an unassuming women who see's God.  Two, he Legend of Saint Julian Hospitatoris an action adventure story that has an ending close to Temptation of St Anthony.  The last, Herodias, describes the beheading of John the Baptist and is close in sexuality to Salammbo.  AS I said in my review of Salammbo, Flaubert's ability to move from genre and style to different style and genre makes him the most flexible of the late 1800's authors and these stories reinforce that idea.