The Heptameron, Volume V

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Author

Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549

Title

The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 5 (of 5)

Original Publication

London : The Society of English Bibliophilists, 1894

Credits

Produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

Tales -- France -- Translations into English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17705

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17705

Release Date

February 7, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE TALES OF THE HEPTAMERON OF Margaret, Queen of Navarre — Newly Translated into English from the Authentic Text OF M. LE ROUX DE LINCY WITH AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A. Also the Original Seventy-three Full Page Engravings Designed by S. FREUDENBERG And One Hundred and Fifty Head and Tail Pieces By DUNKER IN FIVE VOLUMES
2. 2.VOLUME THE FIFTH — LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILISTS MDCCCXCIV — [Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris]
3. 3.Contents
4. 4.List of Illustrations
5. 5.DETAILED CONTENTS OF VOLUME V.
6. 6.SIXTH DAY.
7. 7.PROLOGUE. — [The Duke of Urbino sending the Maiden to Prison for carrying Messages between his Son and his Sweetheart]
8. 8.TALE LI . — [The Gentleman and his Friend annoyed by The Smell of that which they Thought was Sugar]
9. 9.TALE LII . — [The Lord des Cheriots flying from the Prince’s Servant]
10. 10.TALE LIII . — [The Lady watching the Shadow Faces Kissing]
11. 11.TALE LIV . — [The Servant selling the Horse with the Cat]
12. 12.TALE LV . — [The Grey Friar introducing his Comrade to the Lady and her Daughter]
13. 13.TALE LVI . — [The English Lord seizing the Lady’s Glove]
14. 14.TALE LVII . — [The Gentleman Mocked by the Ladies When Returning From The False Tryst]
15. 15.TALE LVIII. — [The Lady discovering her Husband with the Waiting-woman]
16. 16.TALE LIX . — [The Chanter of Blois delivering his Mistress from the Grave]
17. 17.TALE LX .
18. 18.SEVENTH DAY.
19. 19.PROLOGUE. — [The Lady returning to her Lover, the Canon of Autun]
20. 20.TALE LXI . — [The Gentleman’s Spur catching in the Sheet]
21. 21.TALE LXII . — [The King asking the Young Lord to join his Banquet]
22. 22.TALE LXIII . — [The Lady Swooning in the Arms of the Gentleman of Valencia who had become a Monk]
23. 23.TALE LXIV . — [The Old Woman startled by the Waking of the Soldier]
24. 24.TALE LXV . — [The Old Serving-woman explaining her Mistake to the Duke and Duchess of Vendôme]
25. 25.TALE LXVI . — [The Wife Reading to her Husband on the Desert Island]
26. 26.TALE LXVII . — [The Apothecary’s Wife giving the Dose of Cantharides to her Husband]
27. 27.TALE LXVIII . — [The Wife discovering her Husband in the Hood of their Serving-maid]
28. 28.TALE LXIX . — [The Gentleman Killing Himself on the Death of his Mistress]
29. 29.TALE LXX .
30. 30.EIGHTH DAY.
31. 31.PROLOGUE. — [The Saddler’s Wife Cured by the sight of her Husband Caressing the Serving-maid]
32. 32.TALE LXXI . — [The Monk Conversing with the Nun while Shrouding a Dead Body]
33. 33.TALE LXXII .
34. 34.APPENDIX.
35. 35.THE SUPPOSED NARRATORS OF THE HEPTAMERON TALES.
36. 36.BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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