In that short story, the title character later helps a leper cross a river before being taken to heaven.
In a short story by this author, the title character kills his parents, who are sleeping in his bed, because he thinks it is his wife sleeping with another man. In that short story, the title character later helps a leper cross a river before being taken to heaven. He wrote a novel in which a deadly veil called the Zaimph is stolen by the mercenary leader Matho and recovered by the title character, whose father is Hamilcar Barca. This author of "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller" is best known for a novel whose title character attends a performance of Lucia di Lammermoor where she meets Léon Dupuis, with whom she has an affair despite being married to the doctor Charles. For 10 points, name this author of Salammbo and Madame Bovary.
In a short story by this author, the title character kills his parents, who are sleeping in his bed, because he thinks it is his wife sleeping with another man.
Gustave Flaubert