Un coeur simple

Pages: 160
Published: 1992
Language: English

Félicité has spent decades as a devoted servant to Madame Aubain in a small French town, handling every household chore for a meager wage. Despite a life marked by loss and the coldness of her mistress, she remains steadfast in her duties and her quiet faith. This classic story follows her humble existence from her youth to her final days, where she finds an unlikely companion in a parrot named Loulou.

Prose complexity: 10/10

Melancholic Reflective Atmospheric Emotional

Sacrifice Found Family

Classics Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857), and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Flaubert