| Author |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 |
| Translator |
Gaïl, François de, 1874-1947 |
| Title |
Les Peterkins
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| Original Publication |
Paris: Mercure de France, 1910.
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 68.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
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| Contents |
Les Peterkins -- Perce, mon ami, perce -- Pourquoi j'étranglai ma conscience -- Les amours d'Alonzo Fitz Clarence et de Rosannah Ethelton -- Le chat de Dick Baker -- La fête dispendieuse du Colonel Moses Grice -- Sur les bebes -- Considerations sur le temps -- Un sauteur Mexicain pur-sang -- L'homme le plus méchant et le plus stupide de Turquie -- Quelques héros d'occasion -- A la cure d'appétit -- Extrait du Times de Londres en 1904 -- Nos diplomates -- En voyageant avec un réformateur -- Un veinard.
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| Credits |
Véronique Le Bris, Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica))
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| Summary |
"Les Peterkins" by Mark Twain is a humorous fictional work written in the late 19th century. The story follows the quirky Peterkin family as they adjust to their new home and embark on various misadventures, primarily focusing on their enthusiastic but misguided attempts to learn foreign languages for potential travel—but not without hilarity arising from their misunderstandings and interactions. The beginning of "Les Peterkins" introduces the family as they settle into their more spacious new house, filled with hopes for better organization and academic pursuits. Mr. Peterkins encourages each family member to learn a different language, leading to a comical debate about the practicality and methods of doing so. Their conversations are filled with whimsical ideas, misunderstandings about invitations, and the potential chaos of having multiple language professors simultaneously in their home, setting a lighthearted and humorous tone for the unfolding story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
French |
| LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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| Subject |
American fiction -- Translations into French
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| Subject |
Short stories, American -- Translations into French
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| Subject |
Humorous stories, American -- Translations into French
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
72486 |
| Release Date |
Dec 23, 2023 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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