Three Short Works

On a winter night, Death rides past the tombs beneath clouds like enormous winding-sheets—and confesses that even he longs for sleep. But who could grant the one being who cannot die his final rest?

Published in 1877, Gustave Flaubert’s three works range from this vast, darkly lyrical vision to a medieval legend and the quiet life of a devoted servant. A nobleman struggles beneath a terrible curse; a humble woman gives her heart with a tenderness the world scarcely notices. Across wildly different settings, fate, service and the hunger for peace bind these stories together. What can devotion redeem—and what does even Death fear losing?

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