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La Chèvre de Monsieur Seguin
A beautiful young goat escapes from her pen and goes off to seek her freedom.
24 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
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About the author
Alphonse Daudet
1,805 books197 followersStories of life of French writer Alphonse Daudet of the naturalist school in his native Provence include
Lettres de mon moulin
(1869).
Louis Marie Alphonse Daudet authored novels. He was the younger brother of Ernest Daudet. He was married to Julia Daudet and the father of Léon Daudet, Lucien Daudet and Edmée Daudet, all writers.
Family on both sides belonged to the bourgeoisie. Vincent Daudet, the father, manufactured silk, but misfortune and failure dogged the man through life. A boyhood depressed Alphonse amid much truancy had. He spent his days mainly at Lyon, left in 1856, and began life as a schoolteacher at Alès, Gard, in the south. The position proved intolerable. As Charles Dickens declared that all through his prosperous career, the miseries of his apprenticeship to the blacking business haunted him in dreams, so after Daudet left Alès, he woke with horror, thinking for months that he still dwelt among his unruly pupils.
On 1 November 1857, he abandoned teaching and took refuge with Ernest Daudet, his brother only some three years his senior, who tried "soberly" to make a living as a journalist in Paris. Alphonse took to writing, and a small volume, Les Amoureuses (1858), collected his poems and met with a fair reception. He obtained employment on Le Figaro, then under energetic editorship of Cartier de Villemessant, and wrote two or three plays; those interested in literature began to recognize him as possessing individuality and promise. Morny, all-powerful minister of Napoleon III, appointed Daudet, who held a post of his secretaries till death of Morny in 1865, and Morny showed Daudet no small kindness. Daudet put his foot on the road to fortune.
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Louis Marie Alphonse Daudet authored novels. He was the younger brother of Ernest Daudet. He was married to Julia Daudet and the father of Léon Daudet, Lucien Daudet and Edmée Daudet, all writers.
Family on both sides belonged to the bourgeoisie. Vincent Daudet, the father, manufactured silk, but misfortune and failure dogged the man through life. A boyhood depressed Alphonse amid much truancy had. He spent his days mainly at Lyon, left in 1856, and began life as a schoolteacher at Alès, Gard, in the south. The position proved intolerable. As Charles Dickens declared that all through his prosperous career, the miseries of his apprenticeship to the blacking business haunted him in dreams, so after Daudet left Alès, he woke with horror, thinking for months that he still dwelt among his unruly pupils.
On 1 November 1857, he abandoned teaching and took refuge with Ernest Daudet, his brother only some three years his senior, who tried "soberly" to make a living as a journalist in Paris. Alphonse took to writing, and a small volume, Les Amoureuses (1858), collected his poems and met with a fair reception. He obtained employment on Le Figaro, then under energetic editorship of Cartier de Villemessant, and wrote two or three plays; those interested in literature began to recognize him as possessing individuality and promise. Morny, all-powerful minister of Napoleon III, appointed Daudet, who held a post of his secretaries till death of Morny in 1865, and Morny showed Daudet no small kindness. Daudet put his foot on the road to fortune.
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January 4, 2022
Много сладко разказче, напомни ми мъничко Йовков.
Въобще - много красиво литературно начало на 22-ра. Изглежда, че я ще посветя на утвърдени автори и класици.
Въобще - много красиво литературно начало на 22-ра. Изглежда, че я ще посветя на утвърдени автори и класици.
October 10, 2022
cam macabru
September 24, 2024
Une merdouille pas possible.
April 26, 2020
“Les deux amoureux s’égarèrent parmi le bois une heure ou deux, et si tu veux savoir ce qu’ils se dirent, va le demander aux sources bavardes qui courent invisibles dans la mousse.”
My high school French teacher gave us this passage to prepare for a pronunciation test in the mid-90s. We did not have to memorize it, but I was so enamored that I did (and recited here from memory, so I apologize if there are mistakes). We were not told at the time (or I do not recall being told) the source of the extract. Later in grad school some 10 years later, I took a course about Provence and we read Lettres de mon moulin, of course, and La chèvre de M. Seguin, and lo and behold, I encountered this sentence, like out of a dream. I was époustouflée. What a beautiful sentence it is, though!
My high school French teacher gave us this passage to prepare for a pronunciation test in the mid-90s. We did not have to memorize it, but I was so enamored that I did (and recited here from memory, so I apologize if there are mistakes). We were not told at the time (or I do not recall being told) the source of the extract. Later in grad school some 10 years later, I took a course about Provence and we read Lettres de mon moulin, of course, and La chèvre de M. Seguin, and lo and behold, I encountered this sentence, like out of a dream. I was époustouflée. What a beautiful sentence it is, though!
January 5, 2025
Funny thing is i can't find the original book where i read this story.
Instead, I found it again in some graded reader, probably a collection of Daudet's work.
I'm glad I get to finish at least one french book this year.
Still needs to look up a ton of words.
Instead, I found it again in some graded reader, probably a collection of Daudet's work.
I'm glad I get to finish at least one french book this year.
Still needs to look up a ton of words.
June 5, 2018
Un conte (ou une nouvelle !) à lire absolument car faisant pleinement partie du patrimoine traditionnel commun.
September 12, 2018
This is one of the books that my dad actually studied in school when he was very young. I've always been curious to read about it each time he mentions it.
It is a great children book.
It is a great children book.
January 18, 2020
" Quand la chèvre blanche arriva dans la montagne ce fut un ravissement général. Jamais les vieux sapins n'avaient rien vu d'aussi joli."
September 21, 2020
Poor Monsieur Seguin! A tale with a moral about a headstrong young goat
February 10, 2021
L'une des histoires d'enfances que mes parents aimaient me raconter. Une histoire que j'aimerai lire à mes enfants un jour.
October 8, 2021
One of the books that marked me as a kid. Beautiful story.
March 3, 2022
What an adorable story about a man & his goat!
I'm a sucker for goats & a good story!
I'm a sucker for goats & a good story!
May 3, 2025
Un plaisir d'écouter Fernandel - que de souvenirs de mon enfance <3
May 11, 2012
first book I read in french, took me six months.
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November 8, 2013
School book
May 1, 2017
Elle a au moins bien profité de sa liberté la petite chèvre!
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