Despite her life being seemingly pointless, she has within her the power to love, which she does even when she does not receive it in return. She has no husband, no children, and no property, and is reliant on her mistress to keep her she is uneducated her death is virtually unnoticed. She gives entirely to others although many take advantage of her, she is unaffected. She is very loyal and easily lends her affections to the two children of her mistress, Mme Aubain. After her one and only love Théodore purportedly marries a well-to-do woman to avoid conscription, Felicité quits the farm where she works and heads for Pont-l'Évèque, where she picks up work in a widow's house as a servant. "A Simple Heart", or Un cœur simple in French, is a story about a servant girl named Felicité. It consists of the short stories: "A Simple Heart", "Saint Julian the Hospitalier", and "Hérodias". Three Tales ( French: Trois contes) is a work by Gustave Flaubert that was originally published in French in 1877.
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