LES MALHEURS DE SOPHIE
Author:
Comtesse de Ségur
First edition:
Les Malheurs de Sophie, Hachette, 1864
Main illustrators:
Boudignon Castelli Gorde Place
In short:
Sophie de Rean is a naughty four-year-old girl. She is greedy (gets sick with cream cakes), cruel (stings a monkey with a needle), a little bit sadic (chops off the head of some living fishes to let them dry in the sun, as if they were cods), a little bit of a thief (takes fruits and a golden box), ...
Sophie spends her childhood in an absolute freedom, whereas her cousins are modelic children.
The stories of Sophie reflect the everyday life of the Second Empire and constitute a real educative book for children.
Selection of edition:
Sophie, the story of a bad little girl, translated from the French by Marguerite Fellows Melcher, illustrated by Maginel Wright Barney, New York, Knopf, 1929.
Les Malheurs de Sophie, illustrated by Horace Castelli, Hachette, 1864.
Les Malheurs de Sophie, illustrated by Fr. Clérice, 1930.
Les Malheurs de Sophie, illustrated by Françoise Boudignon, Rageot, 1989.
Les Malheurs de Sophie, illustrated by François Place, Hachette, 1989.
Les Malheurs de Sophie, illustrated by André Pécoud, hachette, 1991.
Les Malheurs de Sophie, illustrated by Christa Unzner, nathan, 1994.
Les Malheurs de Sophie, illustrated by Patrice Douenat, Rouge et Or, 1995.
Les Malheurs de Sophie, illustrated by Monique Gorde, Lito, 1996.
More about Les Malheurs de Sophie:
This is the most famous work writen by Comtesse de Ségur and it is part of a trilogy (see Les Petites Filles Modeles and Les Vacances)