Project Gutenberg 2006-02-03 Public domain in the USA. 106 Marcel, Jeanne Bayard, Émile Antoine 1837 1891 Bayard, Emile Antoine Les petits vagabonds Produced by Suzanne Shell, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Les petits vagabonds" by Jeanne Marcel is a fictional work likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around two orphaned siblings, César and Aimée, who endure hardship and poverty in Paris, selling flowers as a means to survive. They rely on their only friend, Balthasar, a clever yet scruffy dog, who remains loyal despite their dire circumstances. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to César and Aimée, two young orphans living under the care of a neglectful tuteur, Joseph Ledoux. The opening chapters depict their miserable existence, wandering the streets of Paris, selling flowers, and dreaming of a better life. César occasionally questions their past, but Joseph always dismisses their inquiries. One day, while trying to earn a living, the siblings receive a piece of gold from a kind lady, which fills them with hope. However, Joseph's greed and cruelty quickly extinguish any joy they might have felt. Ultimately, their journey leads them to a chance encounter with good-hearted villagers who take them in, offering a glimpse of a more hopeful and nurturing life as they navigate the challenges of their precarious existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Orphans -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text FR Illustrateurs FR Jeunesse Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: French Literature 292531 2025-08-07T12:30:09.926842 text/html 280692 2006-02-03T16:41:02 text/html 1884981 2025-08-07T12:30:22.599848 application/epub+zip 1890547 2025-08-07T12:30:14.943849 application/epub+zip 168478 2025-08-07T12:30:11.747826 application/epub+zip 3921903 2025-08-07T12:30:26.177818 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3909143 2025-08-07T12:30:19.855794 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304281 2022-09-08T12:21:46.288634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273191 2025-08-07T12:30:08.939843 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 266721 2006-02-03T16:41:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19598 2025-08-07T12:30:26.323755 application/rdf+xml 14458 2025-08-07T12:30:12.271823 image/jpeg 3783 2025-08-07T12:30:12.011841 image/jpeg 101556 2006-02-03T16:41:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 1823388 2006-02-03T16:41:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 1895413 2025-08-07T12:30:10.096849 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 fr.wikipedia