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Hector Malot
Hector Malot was a French writer best known for his 1878 novel "Sans Famille" ("Nobody's Boy"), a story about an orphaned boy named Rémi who journeys across France in search of his family. Born on May 20, 1830, in La Bouille, France, Malot initially studied law but soon turned to literature. He wrote over 70 novels, many of which focused on themes of family, social justice, and resilience. "Sans Famille" remains his most celebrated work and has been adapted numerous times for film, television, and animation due to its enduring popularity.
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CHAPTER I. THE REUNION When Crozat, the Bohemian, escaped from poverty, by a good marriage that made him a citizen of the Rue de Vaugirard, he did not break with his old comrades; instead of shunning them, or keeping them at a distance, he took pleasure in gathering them about him, glad to open his house to them, the comforts of which were very different from the attic of the Rue Ganneron, that he had...
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