The Temptation of St. Anthony
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptation_of_Saint_Anthony_(novel) Release date is 2016-06-04
E-text prepared by Laura Natal Rodriguez and Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) and illustrations generously made available by Bibliothèque nationale de France (http://gallica.bnf.fr) E-text prepared by Laura Natal Rodriguez and Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) and illustrations generously made available by Bibliothèque nationale de France (http://gallica.bnf.fr)
"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.)
Biographical fiction Christian fiction Egypt -- Fiction Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 -- Fiction Christian saints -- Fiction
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The Temptation of St. Anthony - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptation_of_Saint_Anthony_(novel) Release date is 2016-06-04
E-text prepared by Laura Natal Rodriguez and Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) and illustrations generously made available by Bibliothèque nationale de France (http://gallica.bnf.fr) E-text prepared by Laura Natal Rodriguez and Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) and illustrations generously made available by Bibliothèque nationale de France (http://gallica.bnf.fr)
"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.)
Biographical fiction Christian fiction Egypt -- Fiction Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 -- Fiction Christian saints -- Fiction
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