La Guerre des Boutons: Roman de ma douzième année by Louis Pergaud
"La Guerre des Boutons: Roman de ma douzième année" by Louis Pergaud is a novel written in the early 20th century. This coming-of-age tale revolves around childhood rivalry between two groups of boys from neighboring villages, Longeverne and Velrans, captured through the eyes of their leader, Lebrac. The story dives into the spirited, often mischievous adventures of these boys, illustrating themes of camaraderie, conflict, and the exuberance of youth. The opening ofthe novel sets the stage for a fierce rivalry between the two villages as the boys prepare for battle. Three boys, Boulot, Grangibus, and Lebrac, converse animatedly as they head towards their school in a melancholy autumn landscape. Tensions rise as they discuss a previous encounter with their rivals, the Velrans, who insulted them and declared them cowards. Motivated by a desire for revenge, Lebrac gathers his friends to confront the Velrans. The chapter introduces us to the boys’ camaraderie and the playful yet serious tone of their impending warfare, showcasing their youthful bravado and setting up the central conflict of the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pergaud, Louis, 1882-1915 |
|---|---|
| Title | La Guerre des Boutons: Roman de ma douzième année |
| Note | Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Buttons_(novel) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Guerre_des_boutons_(roman) |
| Credits | Produced by Claudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | War stories |
| Subject | Villages -- France -- Fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- 20th century |
| Subject | Gangs -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 56646 |
| Release Date | Feb 26, 2018 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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