L' Boylesve, René 1867-1926 creator text utu 2020 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "L'enfant à la balustrade" by René Boylesve is a largely autobiographical novel published in 1903. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Riquet Nadaud, son of a notary, the story explores the petty rivalries and social maneuvering of provincial bourgeois society in a small Touraine town. When Riquet's father purchases a coveted house with a terrace enclosed by a balustrade, the family faces ostracism from local notables. As adult conflicts swirl around him, the sensitive boy develops his capacity for judgment, experiences first love, and searches for an elusive ideal he struggles to define. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Enfant_%C3%A0_la_balustrade Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Enfant_%C3%A0_la_balustrade Release date is 2020-09-15 Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Original publication data not identified French fiction -- 20th century PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63206 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63206 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134445.0 63206