A Simple Heart

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Simple Heart
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Gustave Flaubert
Translated by Roger Whitehouse
SeriesPenguin Little Black Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 161,Width 111
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
Short stories
ISBN/Barcode 9780141397504
ClassificationsDewey:843.8
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication Date 26 February 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Flaubert's most famous short work meditates on the unexamined, futile life of a servant and her beloved parrot. 'She decided she would teach him to speak and he was very soon able to say, 'Pretty boy!', 'Your servant, sir!' and 'Hail Mary!'' With pathos and humour, Flaubert imagines the unexamined life of a servant girl. Introducing Little Black Classics- 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Author Biography

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880). Flaubert's works available in Penguin Classics are Madame Bovary, Sentimental Education, Three Tales and Salammbo.