L' Histoire d'un coeur simple est tout bonnement le r�cit d'une vie obscure, celle d'une pauvre fille de campagne, d�vote mais mystique, d�vou�e sans exaltation et tendre comme du pain frais. Elle aime successivement un homme, les enfants de sa ma�tresse, un neveu, un vieillard qu'elle soigne, puis son perroquet; quand le perroquet est mort, elle le fait empailler et, en mourant � son tour, elle confond le perroquet avec le Saint-Esprit. Cela n'est nullement ironique comme vous le supposez, mais au contraire tr ...
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L' Histoire d'un coeur simple est tout bonnement le r�cit d'une vie obscure, celle d'une pauvre fille de campagne, d�vote mais mystique, d�vou�e sans exaltation et tendre comme du pain frais. Elle aime successivement un homme, les enfants de sa ma�tresse, un neveu, un vieillard qu'elle soigne, puis son perroquet; quand le perroquet est mort, elle le fait empailler et, en mourant � son tour, elle confond le perroquet avec le Saint-Esprit. Cela n'est nullement ironique comme vous le supposez, mais au contraire tr�s s�rieux et tr�s triste.
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Fine (Amazon 'Like New') unused condition. All text in French. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own). Are you outside UK? Then unless you arrange shipping 'Via Alibris' we WILL cancel your order; this is due to the derisory shipping allowance that Alibris make to sellers for overseas orders.
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Good. Text in French. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Frontispiece. Includes: frontispiece, illustrations, black & white. Language: French-May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.
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Good. Text in French. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Frontispiece. Includes: frontispiece, illustrations, black & white. Language: French-May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.