The Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre 1492-1549 creator Le Roux de Lincy 1806-1869 Dunker, Balthasar Anton 1746-1807 Freudenberger, Sigmund 1745-1801 Saintsbury, George 1845-1933 text utu 2006 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 1 (of 5)" by Marguerite de Navarre is a collection of short stories written in French and published posthumously in 1558. Inspired by Boccaccio's Decameron, this frame narrative follows stranded travelers who pass time by sharing tales while awaiting a bridge's completion. The stories explore love, lust, infidelity, and sexual intrigue, often featuring dramatic ironies and moral complexities. Originally intended to contain one hundred stories across ten days, the collection remained unfinished at Marguerite's death, ending partway through the eighth day. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Followed by vol II PG#17702 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptam%C3%A9ron Release date is 2006-02-07 Produced by David Widger Originally published: London: The Society of English Bibliophilists, 1894 Love stories, French -- Translations into English Tales -- France -- Translations into English PQ London: The Society of English Bibliophilists, 1894 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17701 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17701 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133419.0 17701