Hector Malot (Author of Nobody's Boy)

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Hector Malot

Born

in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime, France

May 20, 1830

Died

July 17, 1907

Genre

Children's

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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.
His first book, published in 1859, was Les Amants. In total Malot wrote over 70 books. By far his most famous book is Sans Famille (Nobody's Boy, 1878), which deals with the travels of the young orphan Remi, who is sold to the streetmusician Vitalis at age 10. Sans Famille gained fame as a children's book, though it was not originally intended as such.
He announced his retirement as an author of fiction in 1895, but in 1896 he returned with the novel L'amour Dominateur as well as the account of hi ...more

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	Nobody's Boy 4.40 avg rating — 22,241 ratings — published 1878 — 172 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trong gia 膽矛nh by Hector Malot, Florence Crewe-Jones (Translator), Hu峄硁h L媒 (Translator), Mai H瓢啤ng (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 2,276 ratings — published 1886 — 230 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sans Famille Volume 2 4.32 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 2008 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En famille: DEUXIEME PARTIE (INACTIF- FOLIO JUNIOR 1) by Hector Malot, Henri Lanos (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 148 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Singur pe lume, Volumul 1 4.56 avg rating — 133 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Singur Pe Lume 4.49 avg rating — 134 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	EN FAMILLE: PREMIERE PARTIE (INACTIF- FOLIO JUNIOR 1) 3.97 avg rating — 119 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sans Famille (Tome 1) 4.13 avg rating — 112 ratings — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romain Kalbris 3.99 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1869 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nobody's Girl and Nobody's Boy by Hector Malot, Florence Crewe-Jones 4.37 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Capi will learn to read before you, Remi.”
― Hector Malot

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“Mais il faut bien dire qu'il y a quelque chose de plus important encore que le temps qu'on emploie au travail, c'est l'application qu'on y apporte; ce n'est pas l'heure que nous passons sur notre le莽on qui met cette le莽on dans notre m茅moire, c'est la volont茅 d'apprendre.”
― Hector Malot, Nobody's Boy

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“Ah! C芒t de s膬rac este graiul buzelor fa葲膬 de cel al ochilor. C芒t de reci 葯i goale sunt cuvintele 卯n compara葲ie co ochii!”
― Hector Malot, Nobody's Boy

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