L'enfant à la balustrade by René Boylesve
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"L'enfant à la balustrade" by René Boylesve is a largely autobiographical novel published in 1903. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Riquet Nadaud, son of a notary, the story explores the petty rivalries and social maneuvering of provincial bourgeois society in a small Touraine town. When Riquet's father purchases a coveted house with a terrace enclosed by a balustrade, the family faces ostracism from local notables. As adult conflicts swirl around him, the
sensitive boy develops his capacity for judgment, experiences first love, and searches for an elusive ideal he struggles to define. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Boylesve, René, 1867-1926 |
|---|---|
| Title | L'enfant à la balustrade |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Enfant_%C3%A0_la_balustrade Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Enfant_%C3%A0_la_balustrade |
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Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 63206 |
| Release Date | Sep 15, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 372 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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