Eugenia Scarpellini Books

Flaubert's most famous short work meditates on the unexamined, futile life of a servant and her beloved parrot.

Michel had been a blindfold scholar until, newly married, he contracted tuberculosis. His will to recover brings self-discovery and the growing desire to rebel against his background of culture, decency and morality. But the freedom from constraints that Michel finds on his restless travels is won at great cost.