{"id":90887,"date":"2026-06-19T16:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/daudet-alphonse-le-petit-chose-histoire-dun-enfant\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T16:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:04:21","slug":"daudet-alphonse-le-petit-chose-histoire-dun-enfant","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/daudet-alphonse-le-petit-chose-histoire-dun-enfant\/","title":{"rendered":"DAUDET Alphonse Le Petit Chose. Histoire d\u2019un enfant."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span><i>Carteret<\/i><\/span><i>, <\/i><span><i>I, p. 191; Clouzot, p. 80.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-variant:small-caps\">First edition, for which there is no large paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">A partly autobiographical novel centred on the figure of the child: \u00ab <i>Le Petit Chose<\/i>, surtout dans la premi\u00e8re partie, n\u2019est en somme que cela, un \u00e9cho de mon enfance et de ma jeunesse \u00bb. (DAUDET, <i>\u0152uvres<\/i>, t. I, &nbsp;Paris, Gallimard,1986, p. 234.)<\/p>\n<p>It is primarily the first chapters of the novel that faithfully depict the author\u2019s family and their financial difficulties. The family unit, as well as the personalities of those around Daudet, are rendered with precision.<\/p>\n<p><i>Le Petit Chose<\/i> can be seen as a coming-of-age novel that goes against the grain, in which the main character, Daniel Eyssette, is constantly reminded of his role as a child.<\/p>\n<p>The novel enjoyed immediate literary success, as attested by 19th-century critics:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&#8221; Parmi les livres int\u00e9ressants et les romans r\u00e9ussis, citons le <i>Petit Chose, <\/i>de M. Alphonse Daudet [&#8230;] Le <i>Petit Chose <\/i>n&#8217;est pas un paladin pour le courage, un sto\u00efcien pour la fermet\u00e9 ; non mail il a le don de se faire aimer. C&#8217;est aussi me caract\u00e8re de cette \u0153uvre d\u00e9licate&#8221; (Havard, <i>Le Journal de Paris, <\/i>28 f\u00e9vrier 1868, p.4.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&#8220;Enfin, voil\u00e0 donc un roman qui n&#8217;a pas l&#8217;air d&#8217;\u00eatre enrag\u00e9 ! un roman sans horreurs, sans d\u00e9clamation et sans mauvais style, et qui, Dieu merci ! ne ressemble pas \u00e0 tant de romans nouveaux, o\u00f9 se m\u00ealent \u00e0 dose \u00e9gale les folies romantiques et les platitudes r\u00e9alistes&#8221; (Ar\u00e8ne, Paul, <i>L&#8217;\u00c9clair, <\/i>2 f\u00e9vrier 1868, p.7.<i>)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Nice copy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Provenance : Fran\u00e7ois Chr\u00e9tien (bookplate)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">12mo (183 x 114 mm) of 3 unn.l (half-title, title, dedication), 370 pp. Brown half-morocco with corners, flat spine, gilt head (<i>Durvand<\/i>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":90882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[598,1450],"class_list":{"0":"post-90887","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-19th-century-literature","8":"product_tag-first-edition","9":"pa_auteur-daudet-alphonse-2","10":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Alphonse DAUDET","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Hetzel, 1868","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":"oui"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DAUDET Alphonse Le Petit Chose. 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