The Legend of St. Julian, Hospitaler (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gustave Flaubert
- First Published: 1877
- Type of Plot: Didactic
- Time of Work: The early Middle Ages
- Setting: Medieval Europe
- Principal Characters: Julian, His parents, His wife, The leper
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Supernatural, Sin or Original sin, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Faith, Saints or sainthood
- Locales: Europe
The Story
In this tale, Gustave Flaubert chooses to re-create the vision of the world of medieval faith, and tells a venerable story as seen through the eyes of the twelfth century, even as such a story might be told in stained glass. The hero is followed through the twists of a plot where his predestined place as a saint is proven through the testings of life and sin, repentance and redemption. The world of Julian's birth is a perfect realization of the ideal manor life. Julian himself is the answer to his mother's prayers, and his christening is attended by the appearance of...
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