02592cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500860014426400510023030000470028133600260032833700260035433800360038050000950041650000310051150802520054252013070079453400450210165300130214670000470215985600430220699900170224919956UtSlPG20260610133449.0mcr n260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afr2iso639-1 4aGN1 aHecquet, Mme., active 175510aHistoire d'une jeune fille sauvage trouvée dans les bois à l'âge de dix ans 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2006  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aQuérard 4:52 identifies Mme. Hecquet and notes also attributed to C.-M. de La Condamine.  aRelease date is 2006-11-28  aProduced by Andrew Ward, Laurent Vogel, and the Feral
Children web site at http://www.feralchildren.com (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at
http://gallica.bnf.fr)  a"Histoire d'une jeune fille sauvage trouvée dans les bois à l'âge de dix ans" is a historical account published in the mid-18th century. The narrative revolves around the young girl, Marie-Angelique Memmie le Blanc, who is discovered living in the wild after having been separated from human society. The account explores her life before her discovery, her capture, and subsequent adaptation to civilization, highlighting themes of nature, innocence, and the clash between wild and civilized life.  The opening of the narrative introduces the young girl, who enters a village near Châlons en Champagne, dressed in rags, with a wild appearance that frightens the locals. She bravely defends herself against a fierce dog, showcasing her strength and survival instincts. Captured by locals and taken to the Château of M. d'Epinoy, the girl displays wild behaviors and a preference for raw foods, illustrating the stark contrast between her past life in the woods and her new, structured environment. The narrative hints at her journey from savagery to a semblance of civility, intertwined with observations about her physical characteristics and instincts that set the stage for her further development and the exploration of her mysterious origins. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aWild men1 aLa Condamine, Charles-Marie de,d1701-177440uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19956  c61259d61259