TY - BOOK AU - Flaubert,Gustave AU - Hahl,Jalmari TI - Herodias AV - PQ PY - 2021/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Salome (Biblical figure) -- Fiction KW - Herodias -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Tales_(Flaubert); Release date is 2021-04-26; Tapio Riikonen; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Herodias" by Gustave Flaubert is a short story published in 1877 as part of his collection *Three Tales*. Set in ancient Judea, the story reimagines the biblical account of John the Baptist's execution. At a lavish birthday celebration for Herod Antipas, his wife Herodias orchestrates a cunning scheme involving her daughter Salomé to secure the prophet's death. As John has repeatedly insulted the royal family, the plan unfolds with calculated precision, leading to a fateful request and an anxious crowd awaiting the executioner's blade. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65163 ER -