When we came across this postcard of Dieppe in a bric-a-brac shop on the Sussex coast, we didn’t think a lot of it. But a bit of research revealed the view to be at the centre of an infamous story... Englishman Sebastian Melmoth rewrote his own history daily. It made life
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A simple heart at Pont-l’Évêque
The serious innocence in a young girl's face on an ancient postcard reminded us of poor disregarded Félicité in Flaubert's short story 'A simple heart' or 'Le coeur simple': "For half a century the housewives of Pont-l'Évêque had envied Madame Aubain her servant Félicité. For a hundred francs a year, she cooked and did