The Dogear
Cover of Sans Famille

Sans Famille

by Hector Malot

1878 · children's · children

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Set in 5 places · 3 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

An eight-year-old boy becomes a homeless wanderer when the man he thought was his father sells him to a traveling entertainer.

Screen adaptations
  • Without Familytv
  • Alleen Op De Wereldtv
  • Without Family (2000)film
  • The Adventures of Remi (1958)film
  • Sans famille (1934)film
  • An Orphan's Tale (1981)miniseries
  • Without Family (1946)film
  • No Family (1984)film

Set in

  • ★
    London · United Kingdom
    ★ primary
  • ★
    Paris · France
    Rémi and Vitalis live and busk here; site of Vitalis's arrest and imprisonment
    ★ primary
  • ★
    Ales · France
    Real Cévennes coal-mining town identified as the basis for the fictional mining town of Varses
    ★ primary
  • Toulouse · France
    Real waypoint on Rémi's journey across France
  • Bordeaux · France
    Real waypoint on Rémi's journey across France

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