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L'Enfant

Jules Vallès · 1879

Original text in French. In English: The Child.

A childhood of blows and bullying, told by the one who receives them and who laughs at them.

Novel · 26 parts · about 83 000 words · about 6 h 02 of reading

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Contents

  1. DÉDICACE1 min
  2. 1 Ma mère11 min
  3. 2 La famille15 min
  4. 3 Le collège7 min
  5. 4 La petite ville6 min
  6. 5 La toilette8 min
  7. 6 Vacances17 min
  8. 7 Les joies du foyer10 min
  9. 8 Le Fer-à-Cheval7 min
  10. 9 Saint-Étienne8 min
  11. 10 Braves gens12 min
  12. 11 Le lycée13 min
  13. 12 Frottage—Gourmandise—Propreté6 min
  14. 13 L'argent9 min
  15. 14 Voyage au pays24 min
  16. 15 Projets d'évasion17 min
  17. 16 Un drame24 min
  18. 17 Souvenirs7 min
  19. 18 Le départ54 min
  20. 19 Louisette9 min
  21. 20 Mes humanités11 min
  22. 21 Madame Devinol13 min
  23. 22 La pension Legnagna19 min
  24. 23 Madame Vingtras à Paris28 min
  25. 24 Le retour16 min
  26. 25 La délivrance12 min

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Jules Vallès († 1885): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 14704). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

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