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| Original Title: | Un cœur simple |
| ISBN: | 0974607886 (ISBN13: 9780974607887) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Gustave Flaubert
Paperback | Pages: 62 pages Rating: 3.53 | 4483 Users | 353 Reviews
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With an attention to the details of bourgeois life considered almost scandalous at the time, A Simple Heart will remind many why Gustave Flaubert was acclaimed as the first great master of realism. But this heart-breaking tale of a simple servant woman and her life-long search for love meant something else to Flaubert. Written near the end of his life, the work was meant to be a tribute to George Sand—who died before it was finished—and was written in answer to an argument the two were having over the importance of realism. Although the tale displays his virtuosic gift for telling detail, and is based on one of his actual servants, Flaubert said it exemplified his belief that "Beauty is the object of all my efforts." This sparkling new translation by Charlotte Mandell shows how impeccably Flaubert achieved his goal.
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| Title | : | A Simple Heart |
| Author | : | Gustave Flaubert |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | The Art of the Novella |
| Pages | : | Pages: 62 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2004 by Melville House (first published 1877) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Cultural. France. Short Stories. European Literature. French Literature |
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Ratings: 3.53 From 4483 Users | 353 ReviewsJudge About Books A Simple Heart
I really enjoyed this book. It is simple (as the title suggests) and short. However, it has a lovely pace, is evocative and has strong characterisation.
Such a simple and touching story.Sometimes you don't need a lot of things to be happy in life. Even though religion and domestic life haven't given me the same peace and serenity I respect people who find joy in them.I liked the book overall, and Flaubert has a beautiful writing style that won me over in Madame Bovary. Probably the next book I'll read from him will be Sentimental Education, to shorten my physical to-read pile.
A sober, quiet little story that was surprisingly hard-hitting. Set in France in the 19th century, this is about Felicité, a poor servant girl, who seems to be everything Madame Bovary wasn't.Felicité was betrayed and shunned by her lover when she was young, and ends up looking after two children in a household where she serves as a maid. Through Flaubert's precise and detailed writing it is so easy to feel for her, a woman not well treated by destiny, but with so much love to give. There's
Dostoyevsky and Flaubert hated one another, their styles are vastly different, and in that battle of literary heavyweights I have to go with Dostoyevsky, KO in the seventh. Though I later Read Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes which shed an interesting light on this novella, I don't quite see why mollycoddling the peasantry constitutes great literature. Flaubert seems to be saying "Isn't it fascinating that even the poor die?" Nice observation. Next.
A perfect 30-minute pity-fest.I admire writers who don't write nice stories and happy endings, and Flaubert is the master of this. I appreciate the bleakness of Felicite's life and the fact that, were she the type to even consider her life, she probably wouldn't find it bleak at all. I think the sadness of her life was something she accepted but didn't let consume her, and instead she focused on her faith and the small parcels of love she could find in the world. That I found her life to be
A Simple Heart is realistic, poignant, and draws on lifes ambiguity at times.For someone whose name means bliss or happiness, Félicité has experienced so many tragedies to last her a lifetime. But her resilience and fortitude motivate her to go on in pursuit of life, and her simple heart is content even with the smallest of things.I had truly hoped for a happy ending for this woman, (view spoiler)[who ended up alone and unappreciated despite the enormous display of unconditional love she has
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