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Nobody's Girl (novel)
''Nobody's Girl'' (french: En Famille, lit. ''Amongst Family'', 1893) is a novel by Hector Malot. The story was later translated into English as ''The Story of Perrine'' by Gil. There is a Japanese anime series, ''Perrine Monogatari'' based on the novel. It is part of the ''World Masterpiece Theater'' collection, which also adapted '' Nobody's Boy'', another of Malot's novels, into an anime called ''Remi, Nobody's Girl is a 26-episode Japanese animated television series by Nippon Animation, broadcast from 1996 to 1997 in Japan on the Fuji Television network as an installment to Nippon Animation's famed ''World Masterpiece Theater'' series. The show was direc ...''. There is yet another anime adaptation called '' Nobody's Boy Remi''. Plot The story follows 13-year-old Perrine. She first arrives in Paris with her ill mother in a cart with very few possessions pulled by a donkey, Palikare. She stays at the Guillot field, where her mother gets really ill. In order to have enoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Malot
Hector-Henri Malot (Hector Malot) (20 May 1830 – 18 July 1907) was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic for ''Lloyd Francais'' and as a literary critic for ''L'Opinion Nationale''. His first book, published in 1859, was ''Les Amants''. In total Malot wrote over 70 books. By far his most famous book is '' Sans Famille'' (''Nobody's Boy'', 1878), which deals with the travels of the young orphan Remi, who is sold to the street musician Vitalis at age 8. ''Sans Famille'' gained fame as a children's book, though it was not originally intended as such. He announced his retirement as an author of fiction in 1895, but in 1896 he returned with the novel ''L'amour Dominateur'' as well as the account of his literary life ''Le Roman de mes Romans'' (''The Novel of my Novels''). He died in Fontenay-sous-Bois in 1907. Works by Malot * Victimes d'Amour (a trilogy) ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Flammarion
Ernest Flammarion (; May 30, 1846, Montigny-le-Roi - January 21, 1936, Paris) was a French publisher, founder of Groupe Flammarion (Flammarion-Marpon Editions). Biography Ernest Flammarion is the fourth in a family of six children whose eldest son, Camille, was a famous astronomer. His parents Jules and Françoise Flammarion ran a haberdashery business. In 1867, he began working in the bookstore business of Mr. Didier in Paris thanks to the recommendation of his brother Camille. Flammarion Foundation He owes his fame to the publishing house that he founded in association with the Charles Marpon bookstore in 1876, the Flammarion-Marpon editions (now Groupe Flammarion), located in the former Café Voltaire on the Place de l'Odeon in the current 6th arrondissement of Paris. The success of this business is due to the commercial success of ''Popular Astronomy'', his brother's book that he published in 1878. It was a huge bestseller in the late 19th century. Subsequently, Flam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1893. Events *January 14 – Kate Chopin's short stories "Désirée's Baby" and "A Visit to Avoyelles" appear in ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'' magazine in the United States. *February/March – The 22-year-old Stephen Crane pays for publication of his first book, the Bowery novella ''Maggie: A Girl of the Streets'', under the pseudonym "Johnston Smith" in New York city, New York. Coming to be considered a pioneering example of American literary realism, the first trade edition (rewritten) comes out in 1896 in literature, 1896 after Crane has attained fame with ''The Red Badge of Courage''. *April 19 – Oscar Wilde's social comedy ''A Woman of No Importance'' receives its first performance at the Haymarket Theatre, London, with Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Mrs. Bernard Beere and Julia Neilson. *May 2 – Swedish dramatist August Strindberg, 44, begins a brief marriage with Austrian writer Frida Uhl, 21. *May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perrine Monogatari
is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is the fourth production in the ''World Masterpiece Theater'' series (''Calpis Family Theater'' back then). It is based on the French novel ''En Famille'' by Hector Malot. The original aired from January 1, 1978 until December 31, 1978, spanning 53 episodes. It has been dubbed in several languages for some regions, such as Iran, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Latin America, the Arabic Speaking World, Germany, Thailand, and the Philippines. A re-edited footage film with some newly re-recorded lines and a new narration was also released in Japan in 1990. En Famille The anime is based on the novel ''En Famille'' by Hector Malot, which is also translated as ''Nobody's Girl''. Another work by the author, '' Sans Famille,'' has a very similar story. That work was used as the basis of an anime film, Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi, as well as two separate anime series, Nobody's Boy: Remi and Remi, Nobody's Girl. The latter series should no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Masterpiece Theater
was a Japanese TV anime staple that showcased an animated version of a different classical book or story each year from 19:30 to 20:00 on Sunday on Fuji TV. It originally aired from 1969 to 1997 and from 2007 to 2009. Commonly abbreviated to . History The first several series were produced by Mushi Production and then by Zuiyo Eizo, and then by Zuiyo's division Nippon Animation, which was officially established in June 1975 during the run of '' A Dog of Flanders''. In both cases, the series originally aired primarily on Fuji TV. Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata both worked on several of the series. ''World Masterpiece Theater'' as produced by Nippon Animation lasted for 23 seasons, from ''A Dog of Flanders'' in 1975 to ''Remi, Nobody's Girl'' (家なき子レミ, ''Ie Naki Ko Remi'', ''Sans Famille'') in 1997. Nippon Animation restarted the series in 2007 with the release of '' Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette'', which premiered on BS Fuji on 7 January 2007, with ''Porufi no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remi, Nobody's Girl
is a 26-episode Japanese animated television series by Nippon Animation, broadcast from 1996 to 1997 in Japan on the Fuji Television network as an installment to Nippon Animation's famed ''World Masterpiece Theater'' series. The show was directed by Kōzō Kusuba, with Michiru Shimada and Mayumi Koyama writing the scripts, Masaru Ōshima designing the characters and Katsuhisa Hattori composing the music. The story is adapted from '' Sans Famille'', an 1878 French novel, written by Hector Malot (adapted to anime in 1977 as '' Nobody's Boy: Remi''); this version made major changes from the book, including changing the sex of the main character and the "Swan" chapter, along with many other main events. The first broadcast was on September 1, 1996. The show was canceled by Fuji TV because of low ratings and it ended on March 23, 1997, with a low count of 23 episodes. The complete series of 26 episodes was later shown by the anime satellite television network, Animax, which transla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody's Boy Remi
is a 1977-1978 Japanese anime series by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Madhouse. The story is based upon French author Hector Malot's 1878 novel '' Sans Famille''. It follows a young boy who works for a travelling group of players in the hope of earning money and seeing his foster family again. The anime is well known in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Latin America, Canada (in French), France, The Netherlands, Italy, the Arab world, Indonesia, Russia and Philippines. A movie version by the same studio and director was released in 1980. In the Philippines, the anime was originally shown between 1979 and 1980 on RPN. However, like the other contemporary anime broadcast in the same period ( Candy Candy, Heidi, etc.), the full story was not shown. It was only after nearly twenty years that it was shown in full, under the title "Remi" on ABS-CBN, this time in Tagalog. ImaginAsian attempted to make the show available in America through on-demand DVD, but with no success. However, it is still avail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 French Novels
Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; the charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison. * January 13 ** The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting. ** U.S. Marines from the ''USS Boston'' land in Honolulu, Hawaii, to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. * January 15 – The ''Telefon Hírmondó'' service starts with around 60 subscribers, in Budapest. * January 17 – Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety in Hawaii, with the intervention of the United States Marine Corps, overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani. * January 21 ** The Cherry Sisters first perform in Marion, Iowa. ** T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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