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This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

IT WAS Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock. There was the usual scene; outside the Gates of Bercy there was a crowd of people, and on the quays, four rows deep, carts and wagons were massed together. Coal carts, carts heaped with hay and straw, all were waiting in the clear, warm... Read Full Overview

This edition of Nobody's Girl, a classic novel by Hector Malot, contains the original illustrations from the translation by Florence Crewe-Jones. We follow the story of a young orphan named Perinne, who - despite poverty and misfortune - maintains her nature as a motivated, moral... Read Full Overview

This edition of Nobody's Girl, a classic novel by Hector Malot, contains the original illustrations from the translation by Florence Crewe-Jones. We follow the story of a young orphan named Perinne, who - despite poverty and misfortune - maintains her nature as a motivated, moral... Read Full Overview

A beautiful heartwarming book about a young orphan girl named Perrine, who through her own creativity, hard work and moral sensibilities was able to cope with the heavy working conditions during first industrial revolution in Europe and to persuade a factory owner to guarantee... Read Full Overview

R SUM "En famille" de Hector Malot est la suite captivante des aventures de R mi, le jeune h ros de "Sans famille". Apr s avoir d couvert ses v ritables origines, R mi quitte son existence de vagabond pour retrouver sa famille biologique. Cependant, ce retour la vie familiale... Read Full Overview

En famille - dont le titre fait cho Sans famille publi en 1878 - est le cinquanti me ouvrage d'une oeuvre qui d nonce les conditions de travail, particuli rement celles des enfants, et dont l'auteur milite pour le droit au divorce, la r forme des lois des h pitaux psychiatriques,... Read Full Overview

Une fillettte, Perrine arrive en France pour conquerir le grand-pere Vulfran Paindavoine, qu'elle n'a jamais vu. Le vieil homme est un riche industriel qui a fait fortune dans l'industrie textile. Il s'est jadis fache avec son fils, le pere de Perrine, parce que celui-ci avait... Read Full Overview

L'histoire: la fin du XIXe si cle, la jeune Perrine Paindavoine a entam , avec ses parents, un voyage de l'Inde vers la France pour tenter d'atteindre Maraucourt, o r side le riche grand-p re Vulfran Paindavoine, qui a rompu toute relation avec son fils Edmond du jour o celui-ci... Read Full Overview