Project Gutenberg 2009-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 379 Daudet, Alphonse 1840 1897 Daudet, Louis Marie Alphonse Tindall, S. (Samuel) Tindall, Samuel Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Petit_Chose 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.) Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Autobiographical fiction Bildungsromans French language -- Readers French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: French Literature 429211 2025-07-11T10:49:58.009013 text/html 413145 2021-01-04T15:40:11 text/html 230552 2025-07-11T10:50:09.617944 application/epub+zip 236503 2025-07-11T10:50:02.305961 application/epub+zip 209068 2025-07-11T10:50:00.515009 application/epub+zip 489871 2025-07-11T10:50:13.584934 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436742 2025-07-11T10:50:08.140967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412809 2022-09-13T04:34:37.979452 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341791 2025-07-11T10:49:55.839034 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 341575 2021-01-04T15:40:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 328930 2021-01-04T15:40:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22388 2025-07-11T10:50:13.726925 application/rdf+xml 17350 2025-07-11T10:50:01.048970 image/jpeg 4157 2025-07-11T10:50:00.778955 image/jpeg 131718 2021-01-04T15:40:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 129902 2021-01-04T15:40:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 137978 2021-01-04T15:40:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 223143 2025-07-11T10:49:58.041988 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