Word: felicitous
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...Armani shade of taupe, represent a strong start. The room is coolly lit by a couple of sloping lamps Armani originally designed to show off one of his collections, and the most insistent color comes from a green tree by a narrow terrace that the Italians call albero della felicità (tree of happiness...
...Green Parrot. In A Simple Heart, Flaubert takes a plain-as-rain spinster housemaid and erodes her placid life with tragedies. From dawn to dusk, Felicité slaves for the Aubain family, all of whom take her toil for granted. She loves her young nephew like a son, but he dies at sea. Desolate, she clings to the delicate Aubain daughter only to see the girl die of TB. Felicité swaddles her grief in piety and finds a pet in a green parrot. After a few years the parrot dies too, and Felicité has it stuffed. Time robs...
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