Title: The Confessor
Title Record # 1245077
Author: Marguerite de Navarre
Date: 1966-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Marguerite de Navarre
Date: 1966-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Non-genre story, translated from tale XLI of "L'Hepaméron", 1560.
Synopsis: A young woman gives confession to a Friar, who specifies her "penance of wearing my cord upon your naked flesh." She agrees to that, until he says that he "must first bind it upon you". She refuses, and when his actions are discovered, he is beaten. The narrator and his friends then debate the ethics of the tale.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cold Embrace | 1966-00-00 | ed. Alex Hamilton | Corgi | GN7508 | 3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
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of a shilling). |
188 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | George Underwood |