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"Nobody's Boy" (original title: "Sans Famille") is a novel by French author Hector Malot. The story follows the life of an orphan boy named Remi, who is abandoned as a young child and goes on a journey to find his true identity and place in the world. Remi is taken in by a kind... Read Full Overview

"Nobody's Boy," published in France under the title "Sans Famille," has become justly famous as one of the supreme juvenile stories of the world. In the midst of its early popularity, it was crowned by the Academy as one of the masterpieces of French literature. A few years later,... Read Full Overview

Excerpt from Nobody's Boy: Sans Famille

Hector Malot was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic for Lloyd Francais and as a literary critic for L'Opinion Nationale.

Nobody's Boy is a French novel by Hector Malot, published for the first time in 1878. The story is set in the nineteenth century. An abandoned child, Remi, is sold by his adoptive parents to a mountebank. Browsing the English and French roads, the child held various jobs before... Read Full Overview

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Nobody's Boy is a work by Hector Malot now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic.