SalammboWith his masterwork Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert blazed new trails in literary realism with a gripping tale of a disenchanted wife entangled in an extramarital affair. After that, Flaubert took a completely different tack and dove into the extensive historical research that would form the basis of the novel Salammbo, an action-packed account of the series of wars that devastated Carthage in the 3rd century BC. |
Contents
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Chapter III Salammbo | 51 |
Chapter IV Beneath the Walls of Carthage | 61 |
Chapter V Tanith | 83 |
Chapter VI Hanno | 102 |
Chapter VII Hamilcar Barca | 126 |
Chapter VIII The Battle of the Macaras | 172 |
Chapter IX In the Field | 194 |
Chapter X The Serpent | 211 |
Chapter XI In the Tent | 227 |
Chapter XII The Aqueduct | 250 |
Chapter XIII Moloch | 274 |
Chapter XIV The Pass of the Hatchet | 316 |
Chapter XV Matho | 362 |
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