La tentation de saint Antoine
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9782266075268 (2266075268)
Publish date: February 4th 1999
Publisher: Pocket Books
Pages no: 308
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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