The Temptation of St. Anthony by Gustave Flaubert
"The Temptation of St. Anthony" by Gustave Flaubert is a dramatic poem in prose published in 1874. Written in the form of a play script, it recounts one night in the Egyptian desert where Saint Anthony the Great faces a series of profound temptations. Through encounters with figures ranging from the Queen of Sheba to his former student Hilarion, Anthony confronts the Seven Deadly Sins, ancient gods, heretics, and monsters—all challenging his
belief that isolation is the truest form of worship. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880 |
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| Illustrator | Redon, Odilon, 1840-1916 |
| Translator | Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 |
| Uniform Title | La tentation de saint Antoine. English |
| Title | The Temptation of St. Anthony |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptation_of_Saint_Anthony_(novel) |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Laura Natal Rodriguez and Marc D'Hooghe (www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (books.google.com) and illustrations generously made available by Bibliothèque nationale de France (gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Biographical fiction |
| Subject | Christian fiction |
| Subject | Egypt -- Fiction |
| Subject | Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Christian saints -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 52225 |
| Release Date | Jun 4, 2016 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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