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Poil de carotte by Jules Renard
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Poil de carotte (original 1894; edition 1988)

by Jules Renard

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Neglected by his parents, bullied by his peers, left to wander the streets and woods by himself (that is, when he isn't locked in his room or the cellar for punishment), the little redheaded boy known as "Poil de Carotte" ["Carrot Top"] manages to survive the worst that rural France has to offer.
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Title:Poil de carotte
Authors:Jules Renard
Info:J'ai lu (1988), Edition: J'ai Lu, Broché, 246 pages
Collections:To read, Aurore, Emmanuel, Lus Aurore
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Carrot Top by Jules Renard (1894)

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Quyển sách tuổi thơ.
Chỉ được mua 1q trong 2 và đã chọn mua quyển này chứ không phải "Những tấm lòng cao cả".
Dù sau này cũng mua NTLCC nhưng vẫn là.... biến thái từ nhỏ đi @@ ( )
  oceaninmypocket | Nov 29, 2022 |
Although the cover might suggest some saccharine childhood tales, this is actually a pretty dark account of youngest child, "Carrots", brought up in middle class respectability by a mother who hates him and a father who doesn't really notice. His two siblings offer little comfort, and Carrots' life revolves around strategies for deflecting his mother's sadistic cruelty....which often fail (but not always.)
Such a narrative could create a whey-faced victim, but Carrots isn't that.... Brutalized, taking out his torments on animals he encounters (I'm not sure I LIKED Carrots, though I pitied him), the succession of short episodes leaves the reader with a sense that the boy will get through life, though likely always scarred from his childhood.
This was apparently a partly autobiographical work; Renard's mother being of a similar temperament. ( )
  starbox | Jul 1, 2021 |
Poil de Carotte a beau se taillader les joues pour qu'elles rosissent, personne ne l'embrasse.
Mme Lepic n'aime pas son petit dernier aux cheveux roux. «Tout le monde ne peut pas être orphelin», se répète Poil de Carotte, et il nous livre ses idées personnelles, «ainsi nommées parce qu'il faut les garder pour soi. Ni la générosité ni la sincérité ne paient dans le monde des adultes. Il faut ruser.
L'existence de Poil de Carotte est un enfer dont il ne s'échappe que par une cruelle lucidité.
Jules Renard a écrit là un chef d'oeuvre d'ironie, d'intelligence et de tendresse. « Qui a lu une telle oeuvre ne peut l'oublier», affirme en regard Robert Sabatier.

Source : Le Livre de Poche, LGF

Pauvre Poil de Carotte ! Surnommé ainsi à cause de sa chevelure rousse et de ses taches de rousseur, rien n'est épargné à ce petit garçon... Bien malgré lui, il devient le souffre-douleur d'une famille où il a bien du mal à trouver sa place. Sans cesse raillé ou humilié, tout à tour victime de la cruauté de sa mère, madame Lepic, de la lâcheté de son frère, Félix ou du caractère bourru de son père, il doit encore souffrir de sa maladresse ou de sa malchance. On ne peut s'empêcher d'être ému, révolté ou parfois effrayé devant toutes les épreuves qu'il doit supporter. Mais petit à petit, au fil des chapitres, on s'attache à ce petit garçon renfermé, secret, qui cache au fond de lui-même une tendresse et un coeur énormes et, par-dessus tout, une immense envie d'être aimé. Un grand classique de la littérature enfantine au style riche, illustrant le thème des enfances difficiles. --Xavier Marciniak
  Haijavivi | Jun 12, 2019 |
Good cover design - a ginger-haired boy in a bubble, blue shorts, striped shirt.
  jon1lambert | Apr 9, 2018 |
A short play.
  captbirdseye | May 23, 2014 |
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Jules Renardprimary authorall editionscalculated
Autrand, MichelEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sabatier, RobertForewordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Steinlen, Théophile AlexandreCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Stonier, G. W.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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"I'll bet Honorine has forgotten to close the henhouse," says Madame Lepic.
-Je parie, dit Mme Lepic, qu'Honorine a encore oublie de fermer les poules.
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Neglected by his parents, bullied by his peers, left to wander the streets and woods by himself (that is, when he isn't locked in his room or the cellar for punishment), the little redheaded boy known as "Poil de Carotte" ["Carrot Top"] manages to survive the worst that rural France has to offer.

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François Lepic est surnommé « Poil de Carotte » à cause de ses cheveux roux. Sa mère le déteste, lui inflige des corvées et le brime. Ernestine sa sœur, et Felix, son frère, le martyrisent. Son père semble inconscient de tout cela et se montre indifférent. C’est pourquoi Poil de Carotte, trop faible et trop seul pour lutter de front contre ce monde hostile, se protège et se venge par la ruse. Le livre est une série de petites scènes indépendantes (une par chapitre), parfois drôles, souvent émouvantes, toujours délectables. Cet édition comprend une autobiographie de l'auteur.Puisse ce livre vous satisfaire
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