Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2009-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 458 Daudet, Alphonse 1840 1897 Daudet, Louis Marie Alphonse Tindall, S. (Samuel) Tindall, Samuel Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant) Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Andrew Hodson "Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant)" by Alphonse Daudet is a semi-autobiographical novel written in the late 19th century. The story chronicles the formative years of Daniel Eyssette (the titular “Petit Chose”), a delicate and imaginative boy growing up in a family that has fallen into hardship. Central to the narrative are his struggles with poverty, the disintegration of his family's factory, and his aspirations for a brighter future as he embarks on a journey of personal and literary development. At the start of the work, we meet Daniel as he reflects on his childhood in the Languedoc region, marked by both innocent joys and impending misfortune. His family, once prosperous, faces a series of calamities that lead to their ruin, causing Daniel to abandon his cherished childhood home. The opening portion introduces key family members, particularly his brother Jacques, as they navigate the hardships that follow their father's failed business and the subsequent move to Lyon. Daudet vividly illustrates Daniel's internal world—with his fantasies of adventure echoing his struggles with self-identity and the painful complexities of growing up under challenging circumstances. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Autobiographical fiction Bildungsromans French language -- Readers French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 429090 396294 2024-10-12T05:20:56.639244 2023-09-12T08:49:02.123839 text/html text/html 413145 2021-01-04T15:40:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 137978 2021-01-04T15:40:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 230479 2024-10-12T05:21:09.551144 application/epub+zip 236523 2024-10-12T05:21:01.238248 application/epub+zip 209090 2024-10-12T05:20:59.432194 application/epub+zip 489912 2024-10-12T05:21:14.073183 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436742 2024-10-12T05:21:07.851243 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412809 2022-09-13T04:34:37.979452 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333886 2024-10-12T05:20:54.153237 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 341575 2021-01-04T15:40:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 131718 2021-01-04T15:40:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 328930 2021-01-04T15:40:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 129902 2021-01-04T15:40:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21916 2024-10-12T05:21:14.217121 application/rdf+xml 17350 2024-10-12T05:21:00.024221 image/jpeg 4157 2024-10-12T05:20:59.727210 image/jpeg 223103 2024-10-12T05:20:56.673213 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia