The Tavern of Queen Goose Feet. The Judgments of Mr. Jerome Quanjar. The Red Lily

The novels included in this edition, "The Tavern of Queen Goose Feet" and "The Judgments of Mr. Jerome Quanjar," are united by the figure of the main character Jerome Quanjar — a priest, scholar, and librarian, who engages in exquisite and extensive conversations with other characters about ancient mythology and history, the meaning of life and the purpose of love, law and morality, the army and war, the lamentable state of the surrounding reality and the moral decline of his contemporaries.
The main theme of the novel "The Red Lily" is the forbidden love between the beautiful Countess Teresa Martin Bellem and the young sculptor Jacques Deshartré. But is this sincere and bright feeling capable of surviving in the cynical and calculating world of politicians and businessmen, where promises mean nothing, and unions are formed at the behest of not the heart, but the wallet?