Project Gutenberg 2009-09-20 Public domain in the USA. 132 Murray, Charles Theodore 1843 1924 Day, Francis 1863 1942 Kennedy, E. Benson Richardson, W. H. 02002771 Mlle. Fouchette: A Novel of French Life Mademoiselle Fouchette Produced by Irma Špehar, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Mlle. Fouchette: A Novel of French Life" by Charles Theodore Murray is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a young girl named Fouchette, a rag-picker living under brutal conditions in the slums of Paris, who faces a harsh and unkind world but exhibits remarkable resilience and spirit. Her journey through poverty, violence, and the struggle for survival in a corrupt society highlights the plight of the downtrodden in early 20th-century France. The opening of the novel introduces us to Fouchette, a ragged child who is brutally expelled from the home of Madame Podvin. The narrative follows her as she scavenges the streets for food, scavenging through refuse and engaging in sharp dialogue with a passerby who offers her kindness. Fouchette's life is further complicated by her association with the Podvins, who abuse her while they run an illicit bar. The opening chapters paint a vivid picture of her daily struggles, her sharp wit, and hints at a deeper narrative involving violence and humanity's darker sides. Despite her grim reality, the first encounter with kindness from a stranger plants a seed of hope in her heart, leading the reader to anticipate a greater unfolding of her story as she strives for survival amidst brutality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30041/30041-h/images/cover.jpg en France -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 637859 630300 2024-09-13T03:40:59.999984 2023-09-13T08:46:57.533680 text/html text/html 649769 2021-01-05T16:41:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 671753 2021-01-05T16:41:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 673482 2024-09-13T03:41:11.386950 application/epub+zip 682766 2024-09-13T03:41:01.791997 application/epub+zip 330175 2024-09-13T03:41:00.872950 application/epub+zip 874022 2024-09-13T03:41:17.799869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 827692 2024-09-13T03:41:10.057951 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 478059 2022-09-14T04:11:53.637690 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 570685 570460 2024-09-13T03:40:56.720005 2023-09-13T08:46:54.752653 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 569908 2021-01-05T16:41:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 218500 2021-01-05T16:41:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 569901 2021-01-05T16:41:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218119 2021-01-05T16:41:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21230 2024-09-13T03:41:17.969905 application/rdf+xml 23200 2024-09-13T03:41:00.996951 image/jpeg 4124 2024-09-13T03:41:00.935001 image/jpeg 673502 2024-09-13T03:41:00.072973 application/octet-stream application/zip 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 en.wikipedia