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Jack

Alphonse Daudet

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. . .the sorrow she felt, and which she showed by a silence of at least five minutes, which silence for a nature like hers was something as extraordinary as restful. The disturbance of her entrance being at last over, every one seated himself to await the next recitation.

Mademoiselle Constant, who had accompanied her mistress, took her seat majestically on the front bench next the pupils. Jack swung himself on the arm of his mother's chair, between her and M. Moronval, who smoothed the lad's hair in the most paternal way.

The assemblage was really quite imposing, and Madame Moronval took dignified possession of the little table and the shaded lamp, and proceeded to read an ethnographic composition of her husband's on the Mongolian races. It was long and tedious—one of those lucubrations that are delivered before certain scientific societies, and succeed in lulling the members to sleep. Madame Moronval took this opportunity of demonstrating the pec. . . Read More

Community Reviews

4.5 Sterne. Spannend, interessant und keine Minute langweilig. Sozusagen ein page-turner. Hat mich ein bisschen an Dickens erinnert, ohne gar so voll mit Figuren und Nebenplots zu sein. Wer dem europäischen Roman des 19. jahrhunderts, nicht unbedingt nur dem französischen, grundsätzlich zugeneigt is

Daudet se inspira din viata lui Raoul Dubief pe care l-a cunoscut la Champrosay spre sfarsitul anului 1868 si marcat de viata acestuia il creeaza pe Jack.
Este un roman emotionant in care Jack se lupta cu viata, avand alaturi nepasarea mamei si rautatea unui tata vitreg, intr-o lume in care exploata

Probably the best example of provenzal literature. This is delicacy of a travel.

Es una obra que está bastante bien, que entronca con toda la novela clásica del XIX, sobre todo con Dickens, y que no tiene nada que ver con las novelas de Daudet de "Tartarín". Incluye too ese camino de superación, dificultades que tiene un adolescente que acaba en un horfanato y tiene que ir a lo

Ich finde den Mythos Jack The Ripper sehr interessant und lese gern Bücher, die sich damit befassen. Hier haben wir eine neue Interpretation der Ereignisse. Leider mit vielen Abschweifungen und vor allem viele Rechtschreibfehlern. Auch das abrupte Ende ist nicht gelungen. Dennoch drei Sterne für die