num_pages: 68
description: A Simple Heart, also published as A Simple Soul. In A Simple Heart, the poignant story that inspired Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot, Felicite, a French housemaid, approaches a lifetime of servitude with human-scaled but angelic aplomb. No other author has imparted so much beauty and integrity to so modest an existence. Flaubert's "great saint" endures loss after loss by embracing the rich, true rhythms of life: the comfort of domesticity, the solace of the Church, and the depth of memory. This novella showcases Flaubert's perfectly honed realism: a delicate counterpoint of daily events with their psychological repercussions.
language: English
title: A Simple Heart
titlecomplete: A Simple Heart (New Directions Bibelot)
genres: Classics, France, Short Stories, Novella, Read For School, School, Literature, French Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 7249
publisher: New Directions