Project Gutenberg 2004-08-22 Public domain in the USA. 195 Daudet, Alphonse 1840 1897 Daudet, Louis Marie Alphonse Le petit chose Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Petit_Chose Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Petit_Chose Produced by Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Le Petit Chose" by Alphonse Daudet is a semi-autobiographical novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative follows the early life of Daniel Eyssette, affectionately nicknamed "the little thing," who recounts his childhood in a small town in Languedoc, France. The story vividly explores themes of innocence, family struggles, and the loss of childhood amidst the backdrop of personal and societal upheaval. The opening of the novel introduces readers to Daniel's family, their failing fabric business, and the impact of hardship on his parents. With a lighthearted tone, Daniel describes his frugal upbringing, his father's explosive reactions to their misfortunes, and his own childhood adventures amidst the decline of their once-thriving factory. As he watches the family succumb to despair, Daniel finds solace in imaginative play, transforming the factory into a solitary island where he acts out the adventures of Robinson Crusoe with his childhood friend, Rouget. However, his idyllic world is shattered when the family is forced to leave their home, an event encapsulated by a sense of nostalgia and loss for the innocence of his early years. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Autobiographical fiction Children's stories Bildungsromans French fiction -- 19th century Young adult fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 570589 2025-07-06T04:38:21.768421 text/html 570508 570402 2024-11-06T07:07:15.050527 2023-10-06T08:29:32.552915 text/html text/html 274311 2025-07-06T04:38:29.035381 application/epub+zip 283177 2025-07-06T04:38:23.594378 application/epub+zip 283177 2025-07-06T04:38:22.468428 application/epub+zip 469698 2025-07-06T04:38:33.152367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 444377 2025-07-06T04:38:28.326410 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414830 2022-09-07T01:12:20.542353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 521891 2025-07-06T04:38:21.112409 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 502216 2024-10-28T20:13:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19147 2025-07-06T04:38:33.282349 application/rdf+xml 10204 2025-07-06T04:38:22.960391 image/jpeg 2901 2025-07-06T04:38:22.712390 image/jpeg 268594 2025-07-06T04:38:21.813428 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia