Told through the journal of an old Parisian scholar and member of the Institute, who lives among his books by the Seine with his cat Hamilcar, the novel has two parts. In the first he travels to Sicily in pursuit of a coveted medieval manuscript; in the second he tries to rescue the orphaned granddaughter of the woman he once loved from a harsh boarding school.
Anatole France’s first great success, full of irony, learning and tenderness. Download the free EPUB.