Dr. Linda Miles Change Your Story: Change Your Brain and your life
Jul 22, 2017 · 1 min read
In his book A Simple Heart, French novelist Gustave Flaubert examines the life of a maid named Felicite (a word that literally means “intense happiness”), who would appear to have an insignificant job and humdrum life. Flaubert wrote the book during an era when servitude was popular; he crafted Felicite as an extremely poor young woman who enduring great hardships before being employed by a well-to-do family. Flaubert breaks through biases and assumptions to delve into Felicite’s mind and reveal to his readers a rich inner world that, initially, may seem oxymoronic or ironic given Felicite’s situation and lifestyle.
