The Red Lily

by Anatole France · 1894

A Parisian society woman pursues a passionate, jealous love affair against the backdrop of Florence.

Books mentioned in The Red Lily (4)

• The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri: “Take the Divine Comedy, Eusebio. It is the white book which you see on the table.”
• A Thousand and One Nights: “It was The Arabian Nights. Romantic engravings...”
• Pantagruel by François Rabelais: “do you know the 'Pantagruel?' ... French women do not read the 'Pantagruel.'”
• The Memorial of Saint Helena by Emmanuel de Las Cases: “There is no poem or novel that is worth the Memoirs of Saint Helena.”