Tres Cuentos / Three Tales

Tres cuentos supone la culminaci鏮 y s璯tesis de la maestr燰 flaubertiana.

Por el autor de Madame Bovary.

Los Tres cuentos de Flaubert aparecieron en 1877 y, a diferencia de las anteriores obras del autor, la cr癃ica los recibi?con elogios un嫕imes. De alg modo suponen la s璯tesis del saber narrativo flaubertiano y est嫕 emparentados tem嫢icamente o estil疄ticamente con su obra anterior.

En Alma de dios se describe la existencia de F幨icit? una criada fiel que envejece en compa劖a de su loro Lul? La leyenda de San Juli嫕 el Hospitalario es un singular cuento medieval sobre un cazador s墂ico, en el que Flaubert extrae lo mejor de la literatura religiosa para obtener un relato moderno y sin intenciones piadosas; y, finalmente, Herod燰s es la revisi鏮 suntuosa del episodio b燢lico en el que un Herodes inseguro y solitario no se atreve a ejecutar al hombre que tiene cautivo, al que algunos llaman Juan el Bautista.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Three Tales represents the culmination and synthesis of Flaubert's mastery.

By the author of Madame Bovary.

Flaubert's Three Tales, published in 1877, were received with unanimous praise by critics, unlike his earlier works. In many ways, they embody the synthesis of Flaubert's narrative skill and are thematically or stylistically linked to his previous writings.

In "Alma de dios", the life of F幨icit? a faithful servant who grows old in the company of her parrot Loulou, is portrayed; "La leyenda de San Juli嫕 el Hospitalario" is a striking medieval tale about a sadistic hunter, where Flaubert draws from religious literature to craft a modern story without pious intent; and finally, "Herodias" is a sumptuous retelling of the biblical episode in which an insecure and solitary Herod hesitates to execute the man held captive, known to some as John the Baptist.