![]() ![]() ![]() However, Marguerite de Navarre wrote the collection at the end of her life. Originally, there were supposed to be ten days, with ten stories apiece. It is also clear that many of these stories contain elements of autobiography. Many of the stories are romantic, some speak about religious matters (Marguerite de Navarre was pious), and a few deal with war and politics. In the Heptameron, the stories are connected through the characters that tell them, and in turn, these fictional narrators have their own adventures. ![]() These collections of stories are organized by day the whole collection corresponds to a period of quarantine (the Decameron) or pilgrimage (to Canterbury). It was written as a framework narrative, similar to The Canterbury Tales and the Decameron. L’Heptameron was written by Marguerite de Navarre in 1549. ![]()
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