Gustave flaubert a simple heart6/20/2023 Simple, but endowed with a big kind heart, Félicité forms a series of deep attachments over her years of service. She finds employment with Madame Aubain shortly after. The story moves to Félicité’s past where the reader comes to know of hardships in her past – being orphaned early on, working as a servant – being tortured and beaten, and in her youth, having her heart broken by a young man Théodore, who deserted her in favor of an older, wealthier woman. So much so, that people intend to steal her from Madame Aubain. Her service to Madame Aubain and her two kids, a girl Virginie and a boy Paul, has been nothing short of exceptional. The story opens with an insight into the working life of Félicité, a maid employed by Madame Aubain, a not-so-easy-to-get-along-with widow. The tale, simple on the surface, has deep messages for the reader inside A Simple Heart: Summary and Plot Analysis In his simple but heart-wrenching short story A Simple Heart, Gustave Flaubert portrays a simple woman, with a big heart devoted to the service of her mistress for the majority of her life.
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