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Vivid realism captures the attitudes of Felicite the housemaid and her life of domestic servitude in this deceptively simple tale. This beautifully packaged series of classic novellas includes the works of masterful writers. Inexpensive and collectible, they are the first single-volume... Read Full Overview

In A Simple Heart, the poignant story that inspired Julian Barnes' Flaubert's Parrot, F licit , 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... Read Full Overview

F licit is a French maid who is devoted to helping her mistress and her two children navigate their new life following her husband's untimely death. Despite her lack of formal skills, F licit is an endearing figure who brings warmth and stability into their lives.

'She decided she would teach him to speak and he was very soon able to say, 'Pretty boy ', 'Your servant, sir ' and 'Hail Mary ''

For half a century the housewives of Pont-l'Eveque had envied Madame Aubain her servant Felicite.

For a hundred francs a year, she cooked and did the housework, washed, ironed, mended, harnessed the horse, fattened the poultry, made the butter and remained faithful to... Read Full Overview

Pendant un demi-si cle, les bourgeoises de Pont l'Ev que envi rent Mme Aubain sa servante F licit . Pour cent francs par an, elle faisait la cuisine et le m nage, cousait, lavait, repassait, savait brider un cheval, engraisser les volailles, battre le beurre, et resta fid le... Read Full Overview

L'Histoire d'un coeur simple est tout bonnement le r?cit d'une vie obscure, celle d'une pauvre fille de campagne, d?vote mais mystique, d?vou?e sans exaltation et tendre comme du pain frais. Elle aime successivement un homme, les enfants de sa ma?tresse, un neveu, un vieillard... Read Full Overview

Gustave Flaubert (12 December 1821 - 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection,... Read Full Overview

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

F licit is a French maid who is devoted to helping her mistress and her two children navigate their new life following her husband's untimely death. Despite her lack of formal skills, F licit is an endearing figure who brings warmth and stability into their lives.

"A Simple Soul" from Gustave Flaubert. Influential French writer widely considered one of the greatest novelists in Western literature (1821-1880).

Flaubert wuchs auf in Rouen (Normandie) als j ngerer Sohn des Chefarztes des st dtischen Krankenhauses und erlebte, da dessen Dienstvilla, wie damals blich, an das Krankenhaus grenzte, das Leiden und Sterben dort aus n chster N he mit. Er galt als begabter, aber wenig disziplinierter... Read Full Overview

Diese Hardcover-Ausgabe ist Teil der TREDITION CLASSICS. Der Verlag tredition aus Hamburg ver ffentlicht in der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS Werke aus mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden. Diese waren zu einem Gro teil vergriffen oder nur noch antiquarisch erh ltlich. Mit TREDITION CLASSICS... Read Full Overview