La tentation de saint Antoine
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9782080701312 (2080701312)
Publish date: January 7th 1993
Publisher: Flammarion
Pages no: 252
Edition language: French
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Drama,
Religion,
19th Century,
France,
French Literature
At age 24, Flaubert saw Bruegel's painting, The Temptation of Saint Anthony, and decided he would turn it into a play. Like all his literary projects, he took it very seriously. He wanted to describe a 3rd century hermit sitting on a mountain-top in the Egyptian desert and being tempted by the Devil...
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