Trois Contes

Classic collection of short stories, originally published in 1877, in the original French. According to Wikipedia: 'A Simple Heart, also called Un coeur simple or Le perroquet in French, is a story about a servant girl named Felicité. Her one and only love Théodore marries a well-to-do woman, and in doing so, avoids conscription. After this betrayal, Felicité quits the farm she works on and heads for Pont-l'Eveque where she immediately picks up work in a house as a servant. She is very loyal, an ...