In the great tradition of the TheDecameron and Canterbury Tales,The Heptameron offers captivating glimpses of a vanished world. Here, 10 people engage in a storytelling battle of the sexes that abounds in tales of murder, adultery, remorse, and revenge, all set in 16th-century France. Translation by Arthur Machen. Original selection of stories from the privately printed edition published by the Dreyden Press, London, 1886.
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