by Gustave Flaubert · Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253136422
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«Un coeur simple» is the short novel by Gustave Flaubert, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (94 pages, in French).
The narrative follows Félicité, an orphaned peasant woman who serves in the household of Madame Aubain in Pont-l'Évêque. Her life is a chain of losses and affections: a man, her mistress's children, a nephew, an old man, and her parrot Loulou. Flaubert turns the simplicity of this humble existence into a moving tale about faith, love, and solitude.
The story, published in 1877 within Trois contes, appears in this 1994 French edition with an introduction and notes by Marie-France Azéma, in the Libretti collection (number 13642).
Recommended for students of French and for those who wish to discover a classic of nineteenth-century French literature in its original language.
Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.
