A retired solicitor and friend of Madame Aubain’s, who manages Madame Aubain’s properties for her. Toward the end of the narrative, Madame Aubain and Félicité learn that he has committed suicide after engaging in fraud and an illicit affair. Madame Aubain is very distressed by the event, and she dies from pneumonia without ever fully recovering from the news.
Monsieur Bourais Quotes in A Simple Heart
The A Simple Heart quotes below are all either spoken by Monsieur Bourais or refer to Monsieur Bourais. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
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Thinking that it would help the children to derive some enjoyment from their studies, he bought them an illustrated geography book. It depicted scenes from different parts of the world […] Paul carefully explained all these pictures to Félicité. In fact, this was the only time anyone ever taught her how to read a book.
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Monsieur Bourais Quotes in A Simple Heart
The A Simple Heart quotes below are all either spoken by Monsieur Bourais or refer to Monsieur Bourais. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 2
Quotes
Thinking that it would help the children to derive some enjoyment from their studies, he bought them an illustrated geography book. It depicted scenes from different parts of the world […] Paul carefully explained all these pictures to Félicité. In fact, this was the only time anyone ever taught her how to read a book.
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