"Three Short Works by Gustave Flaubert" by Gustave Flaubert is a collection of short stories published in 1877. The work comprises three distinct tales: the story of a devoted servant whose simple life reveals an extraordinary capacity for love, a medieval legend about a nobleman cursed to commit patricide who seeks redemption through service, and a retelling of the biblical story of John the Baptist's execution at Herod's court. Each story explores themes of devotion, fate, and spiritual transformation through vastly different settings and characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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