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Both the man and woman suffer a devastating ending to their lives as a result of the womans evil actions. By pursuing a lover, the wife causes her husband to commit the crime of murder against one of his friends. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. In Story One, Simontaut tells a story of a man whose immoral wife leads to his downfall. From the cynical Saffredent to the young idealist Dagoucin or the moderate Parlamente - believed to express De Navarres own views - The Heptameron provides a. From the cynical Saffredent to the young idealist Dagoucin or the moderate Parlamente - believed to express De Navarre's own views - The Heptameron provides a fascinating insight into the minds and passions of the nobility of sixteenth century France. Indeed, I will argue that the rhe- torical example was a key factor in the composition of the novellas that make up the Heptameron. The stories, however, soon degenerate into a verbal battle between the sexes, as the characters weave tales of corrupt friars, adulterous noblemen and deceitful wives. Equal Opportunity Vengeance in the Heptamron of Marguerite de Navarre was published in Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages and Early Modern. When told they must wait days for a bridge to be repaired, they are inspired - by recalling Boccaccio's Decameron - to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees.

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