Eugénie Foa

- Mon Dieu que c'est d sagr able d' tre laid ... disait un petit gar on de cinq ans mont debout sur une chaise devant une chemin e, ce qui mettait son visage la hauteur de la glace du trumeau qui d corait cette chemin e; et, arm d'une brosse, et puisant dans un pot de pommade qu'il avait sa port e d' normes portions de son contenu qu'il posait sur ses cheveux noirs et cr pus, il essayait avec sa brosse de donner sa chevelure h riss e une position couch e. Mon Dieu que c'est d sagr able d' tre laid, surtout quand on est le fils a n de M. Beethoven, premier t nor de la chapelle lectorale de Cologne, qu'il me faudra un jour chanter dans la chapelle, et que j'entendrai toutes les femmes crier: Mon Dieu qu'il est laid... L ... j'ai beau mettre de la pommade, en mettre tant et plus... jamais ces cheveux ne seront lisses comme les cheveux de Charles ou de Jean... jamais Mon Dieu que mes fr res sont heureux d' tre blonds... et jolis... Maudite m che de cheveux cr pus... Voyez comme elle se rel ve... ent t e de m che, va ... Je suis en col re... oh que je suis en col re... comme la bonne quand la soupe se renverse... comme M. Stumer, mon ma tre d' criture... quand je ne peux pas faire ce qu'il veut... Et cette veste, comme elle me rend gros, bouffi... et mon pantalon, comme il est laid... et mes souliers ... que je suis mal chauss ... Et cette petite L onore, qui est si moqueuse ... aussit t qu'elle me verra... elle se moquera de moi... Voil le gros poupart... ou le vilain grognon... ou le petit ours mal l ch ...

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important collections of Romantic era writing in existence anywhere -- including fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry, and more -- with a focus on especially difficult-to-find works by lesser-known, historically neglected writers. The Corvey library was built during the last half of the 19th century by Victor and his wife Elise, both bibliophiles with varied interests. The collection thus contains everything from novels and short stories to belles lettres and more populist works, and includes many exceedingly rare works not available in any other collection from the period. These invaluable, sometimes previously unknown works are of particular interest to scholars and researchers. European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes: * Novels and Gothic Novels* Short Stories* Belles-Lettres* Short Prose Forms* Dramatic Works* Poetry* Anthologies* And moreSelected with the guidance of an international team of expert advisors, these primary sources are invaluable for a wide range of academic disciplines and areas of study, providing never before possible research opportunities for one of the most studied historical periods. Additional MetadataPrimary Id: B0389603PSM Id: NCCOF0063-C00000-B0389603DVI Collection Id: NCCOC0062Bibliographic Id: NCCO004856Reel: 2666MCODE: 4UVCOriginal Publisher: A. Boulland, diteurOriginal Publication Year: 1830Original Publication Place: ParisSubjectsFrench fiction -- 19th century.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important collections of Romantic era writing in existence anywhere -- including fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry, and more -- with a focus on especially difficult-to-find works by lesser-known, historically neglected writers. The Corvey library was built during the last half of the 19th century by Victor and his wife Elise, both bibliophiles with varied interests. The collection thus contains everything from novels and short stories to belles lettres and more populist works, and includes many exceedingly rare works not available in any other collection from the period. These invaluable, sometimes previously unknown works are of particular interest to scholars and researchers. European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes: * Novels and Gothic Novels* Short Stories* Belles-Lettres* Short Prose Forms* Dramatic Works* Poetry* Anthologies* And moreSelected with the guidance of an international team of expert advisors, these primary sources are invaluable for a wide range of academic disciplines and areas of study, providing never before possible research opportunities for one of the most studied historical periods. Additional MetadataPrimary Id: B0389603PSM Id: NCCOF0063-C00000-B0389603DVI Collection Id: NCCOC0062Bibliographic Id: NCCO004856Reel: 2666MCODE: 4UVCOriginal Publisher: A. Boulland, diteurOriginal Publication Year: 1830Original Publication Place: ParisSubjectsFrench fiction -- 19th century.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important collections of Romantic era writing in existence anywhere -- including fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry, and more -- with a focus on especially difficult-to-find works by lesser-known, historically neglected writers. The Corvey library was built during the last half of the 19th century by Victor and his wife Elise, both bibliophiles with varied interests. The collection thus contains everything from novels and short stories to belles lettres and more populist works, and includes many exceedingly rare works not available in any other collection from the period. These invaluable, sometimes previously unknown works are of particular interest to scholars and researchers. European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes: * Novels and Gothic Novels* Short Stories* Belles-Lettres* Short Prose Forms* Dramatic Works* Poetry* Anthologies* And moreSelected with the guidance of an international team of expert advisors, these primary sources are invaluable for a wide range of academic disciplines and areas of study, providing never before possible research opportunities for one of the most studied historical periods. Additional MetadataPrimary Id: B0389604PSM Id: NCCOF0063-C00000-B0389604DVI Collection Id: NCCOC0062Bibliographic Id: NCCO004856Reel: 2666MCODE: 4UVCOriginal Publisher: A. Boulland, diteurOriginal Publication Year: 1830Original Publication Place: ParisSubjectsFrench fiction -- 19th century.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important collections of Romantic era writing in existence anywhere -- including fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry, and more -- with a focus on especially difficult-to-find works by lesser-known, historically neglected writers. The Corvey library was built during the last half of the 19th century by Victor and his wife Elise, both bibliophiles with varied interests. The collection thus contains everything from novels and short stories to belles lettres and more populist works, and includes many exceedingly rare works not available in any other collection from the period. These invaluable, sometimes previously unknown works are of particular interest to scholars and researchers. European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes: * Novels and Gothic Novels* Short Stories* Belles-Lettres* Short Prose Forms* Dramatic Works* Poetry* Anthologies* And moreSelected with the guidance of an international team of expert advisors, these primary sources are invaluable for a wide range of academic disciplines and areas of study, providing never before possible research opportunities for one of the most studied historical periods. Additional MetadataPrimary Id: B0389604PSM Id: NCCOF0063-C00000-B0389604DVI Collection Id: NCCOC0062Bibliographic Id: NCCO004856Reel: 2666MCODE: 4UVCOriginal Publisher: A. Boulland, diteurOriginal Publication Year: 1830Original Publication Place: ParisSubjectsFrench fiction -- 19th century.

The name of Madame Eug nie Foa has been a familiar one in French homes for more than a generation. Forty years ago she was the most popular writer of historical stories and sketches, especially designed for the boys and girls of France. Her tone is pure, her morals are high, her teachings are direct and effective. She has, besides, historical accuracy and dramatic action; and her twenty books for children have found welcome and entrance into the most exclusive of French homes. The publishers of this American adaptation take pleasure in introducing Madame Foa's work to American boys and girls, and in this Napoleonic renaissance are particularly favored in being able to reproduce her excellent story of the boy Napoleon.