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. 5 (of 5)" by Marguerite is a collection of short stories published posthumously in 1558. Inspired by Boccaccio's Decameron, this frame narrative presents tales of love, lust, infidelity, and romantic intrigue told by stranded travelers awaiting a bridge's completion. The stories explore human passion and desire through accounts both humorous and dramatic. Originally intended to contain one hundred stories across ten days, the work remained unfinished at Marguerite's death, stopping midway through the eighth day with seventy-two tales completed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Preceded by vol IV PG#17704 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/17705 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17705 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133419.0 17705