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Title: The Temptation of St. Antony
or A Revelation of the Soul

Author: Gustave Flaubert

Release Date: April 12, 2008 [EBook #25053]

Language: English

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THE TEMPTATION
OF
ST. ANTONY

OR,

_A REVELATION OF THE SOUL_

BY
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

_VOLUME VII._

SIMON P. MAGEE
PUBLISHER
CHICAGO, ILL.

COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY
M. WALTER DUNNE

_Entered at Stationers' Hall, London_

CONTENTS

THE TEMPTATION OF ST. ANTONY

CHAPTER I. PAGE

A HOLY SAINT 1

CHAPTER II.

THE TEMPTATION OF LOVE AND POWER 16

CHAPTER III.

THE DISCIPLE, HILARION 40

CHAPTER IV.

THE FIERY TRIAL 48

CHAPTER V.

ALL GODS, ALL RELIGIONS 99

CHAPTER VI.

THE MYSTERY OF SPACE 143

CHAPTER VII.

THE CHIMERA AND THE SPHINX 151

ILLUSTRATIONS

TEMPTATION OF SAINT ANTONY

FACING PAGE

"DO NOT RESIST, I AM OMNIPOTENT!" (See page 157) _Frontispiece_

HE LETS GO THE TORCH IN ORDER TO EMBRACE THE HEAP 26

The Temptation _of_ Saint Antony

[Illustration]

CHAPTER I.

A HOLY SAINT.

It is in the Thebaid, on the heights of a mountain, where a platform,
shaped like a crescent, is surrounded by huge stones.

The Hermit's cell occupies the background. It is built of mud and reeds,
flat-roofed and doorless. Inside are seen a pitcher and a loaf of black
bread; in the centre,