Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes: “placed on his work-table during the writing of Un cœur simple, where it is called Loulou, the parrot of Félicité.”
2666 by Roberto Bolaño: “he chose A Simple Heart over Bouvard and Pécuchet, and A Christmas Carol over A Tale of Two Cities or The Pickwick Papers.”
Why Read the Classics by Italo Calvino: “Flaubert essay: Un Cœur simple, discussed individually”