Madame Aubain had married a comely youth without any money, who died in the beginning of 1809, leaving her with two young children and a number of debts. Chapter I – FÉLICITÉįor half a century the housewives of Pont-l’Evęque had envied Madame Aubain her servant Félicité.įor 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 her mistress-although the latter was by no means an agreeable person. Painting by Rosalie Chichester, ‘Polly’ the Parrot, 1906. It was published in Flaubert’s story collection, Three Tales in 1877, which also features his novella, The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller. A Simple Heart, also known as A Simple Soul is about Madame Aubain’s servant, Felicite, a selfless girl who lives a simple, unexamined life.
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