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The Well of Saint Clare

Anatole France

Book Overview: 

Collection of short stories

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .I will play the flute to you, for the pleasure of seeing you smile."

"Grammercy!" replied Messer Guido, without so much as deigning to turn his head. "I am away to see my Lady."

And so saying, he entered the Church, which he crossed with a rapid step, recking as little of the Blessed Sacrament exposed on the Altar as of Messer Betto, sitting stiff on his horse outside the door, astounded at the words he had just heard. Guido pushed open a low portal leading to the Cloisters, followed the Cloister wall, and arrived in the Library, where Fra Sisto was painting the figures of angels. There, after saluting the good Brother, he drew out from a great painted chest one of the books newly come from Constantinople, laid it on a desk and began to turn over the leaves. [Pg 55] It was a Treatise on Love, writ in Greek by the divine Plato. Messer Guido sighed; his hands began to tremble and his eyes filled with tears.

"Alas!" he muttered; "hid beneath these. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Very clever interesting short stories of Italian artists, priests, and the devil

C’est avec empressement que je me suis jeté à l’eau des fresques florentines et des ensorcelantes anecdotes italiennes qui charmèrent Anatole France au point d’en former un recueil !
Ce dernier est constitué de nouvelles qui emmènent le lecteur à travers le temps en Toscane, lieu incontesté des gran

Absolutely sensational! After reading several of Anatole France's books the one thing I can definitely say is that the man could write. His prose is some of the most exquisite I've ever read. This book is a collection of short stories that take place during the Middle Ages and several are dry satire

Great book of stories