1929 Deluxe Edition Color Illustrated Nobody's Girl Hector Malot Gift Idea
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1929 DELUXE EDITION COLOR ILLUSTRATED NOBODY'S GIRL HECTOR MALOT GIFT IDEA. Translated by Florence Crewe Jones, illustrated with color prints by Thelma Gooch. Published by Cupples & Leon Co., New York. 301 pages. A lovely copy. In 1878 Hector Malot published his most famous work: Sans Famille (literal translation: Without Family but mostly known as Nobody’s Boy). OFFERED HERE is the 1929 "Deluxe Edition" of Nobody's Girl, by Hector Malot. Translated by Florence Crewe Jones, illustrated with color prints by Thelma Gooch. Published by Cupples & Leon Co., New York. Sized 10x7 and a half inches, bound in patterned red cloth with a color print on the front board. 301 pages. A lovely copy. In 1878 Hector Malot published his most famous work: Sans Famille (literal translation: Without Family but mostly known as Nobody’s Boy). This novel tells the adventures of the foundling, Rémi, who is sold by his adoptive father to a street musician named Vitalis. Traveling the French and later English roads, Rémi works in different professions and meets many people before setting out to find his biological family. Hector Malot thought of and wrote this work for his daughter, Lucie. He begins the novel with a dedication to her. End of career and retirement In 1887, the Journal de Rouen published in its daily edition the novel Ghislaine in serial form, paying homage to Malot’s Norman roots. In 1893, a year after writing En famille (loosely translated as Nobody’s Girl), Malot’s granddaughter Perrine was born, sharing the name of the heroine of the novel. He proves to be an attentive and loving grandfather, curious to note the development he observes of the child. In 1894 Malot published his last novel, Amours de vieux. He decides to put an end to his literary career and retire to his home in Fontenay-sous-Boris where he plans new trips. However, two years later, he publishes an autobiographical work, Les Romans de mes romans (The Novel of my Novels). He also wrote, shortly before his death, a text entitled Le Mousse, which would only appear posthumously in 1997. These last two works are dedicated to Perrine.
