A Lodging for the Night (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- First Published: 1877
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1456
- Setting: Paris
- Principal Characters: Francis Villon, Dom Nicolas, Guy Tabary, Regnier de Montigny, Thevenin Pensete, Enguerrand de la Feuillee
- Genres: Short fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Poetry or poets, Theft, Honor
- Locales: Paris, France
The Story
On a bitterly cold winter's night in 1456, Francis Villon, the greatest poet of medieval France, is huddled in a small house by the cemetery of St. John, trying to write “The Ballade of Roast Fish” while Guy Tabary slobbers over his shoulder, Regnier de Montigny and Thevenin Pensete play a game of chance, and the renegade monk Dom Nicolas watches. All of them are thieves, among whom there is no honor. Hearing the wind rattling the rafters, Villon reminds the others of hanged men dangling on the gibbet at nearby Montfaucon. Despite this memento mori, Montigny leaps...
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