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Title: The Well of Saint Clare

Author: Anatole France

Translator: Alfred Allinson

Release Date: July 1, 2006 [EBook #18728]

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF ANATOLE FRANCE IN AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION EDITED BY
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THE WELL OF SAINT CLARE

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THE WELL OF SAINT CLARE

BY ANATOLE FRANCE

A TRANSLATION BY ALFRED ALLINSON

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CONTENTS

Prologue--The Reverend Father Adone Doni 3
San Satiro 17
Messer Guido Cavalcanti 51
Lucifer 73
The Loaves of Black Bread 85
The Merry-Hearted Buffalmacco 95
i. The Cockroaches 96
ii. The Ascending up of Andria Tafi 106
iii. The Master 118
iv. The Painter 124
The Lady of Verona 133
The Human Tragedy 141
i. Fra Giovanni. 141
ii. The Lamp 150
iii. The Seraphic Doctor. 153
iv. The Loaf on the Flat Stone 156
v. The Table under the Fig-tree 159
vi. The Temptation 163
vii. The Subtle Doctor 169
viii. The Burning Coal