Mattia and Bob (a friend of Mattia’s from his circus days) help Rémi escape from prison. With the help of Bob's brother, a sailor, Rémi and Mattia return to France to search for Mrs. Milligan, in order to warn her about her brother-in-law. They

Without Family: Chapters 28-29

Jun 9th, 2020 23m 45s

Mattia overhears a conversation between the Driscolls and James Milligan, Arthur's uncle, who hopes Arthur will die soon so he will inherit the fortune of his late brother. Rémi is accused of a robbery committed by the Driscolls and put in pris

Without Family: Chapters 26-27

Jun 8th, 2020 46m 40s

Rémi is bitterly disappointed with the Driscolls. They turn out to be a band of thieves and use Capi to help them in their criminal work.

Without Family: Chapters 24-25

Jun 8th, 2020 1h

Performing successfully, Rémi and Mattia manage to save 240 francs towards buying a cow for mother Barberin. In Ussel, a vet helps them buy a beautiful cow. Frightened by Mattia’s cornet playing, the cow runs away and is caught by people in the

Without Family: Chapters 22-23

Jun 8th, 2020 46m 46s

The mine is flooded by the river which flows overhead and seven miners, including Gaspard and Rémi, find shelter, but are trapped. For days they wait to be rescued, hungry and depressed. Finally, they are saved, and Rémi, Mattia, and Capi leave

Without Family: Chapters 20-21

Jun 8th, 2020 43m 11s

In the first chapters of Part Two, Rémi finds Mattia on the streets of Paris, starving. Garofoli is in prison for beating another boy to death. Mattia convinces Rémi to take him into his “troupe” (consisting of Capi) and turns out to be a gifte

Without Family: Chapters 18-19

Jun 7th, 2020 48m 28s

When Rémi wakes up, he learns that Vitalis had frozen to death. He himself remains alive only because Capi shared his warmth with him. He finds himself in the house of Pierre Acquin, a florist, and his family: two boys, Alexis and Benjamin, and

Without Family: Chapters 16-17

Jun 7th, 2020 46m 16s

In Paris, Vitalis decides to lease Rémi to a "padrone" for the winter, while he trains new animals with the proceeds. Garofoli, the "padrone," keeps a group of boys, sold by their poverty-stricken parents, working for him. Rémi meets an ill-loo

Without Family: Chapters 14-15

Jun 7th, 2020 39m

To pay the hotel bill and raise more money to take care of Pretty-Heart, Rémi, Vitalis, and Capi must give a performance. Pretty-Heart begs them to be allowed to participate, but they leave him alone in the warm room under covers. During the pe

Without Family: Chapter 13

Jun 7th, 2020 39m 20s

Winter catches up with Rémi and Vitalis on the way to Paris, and in a snowstorm, Zerbino and Dulcie are attacked by wolves in the woods, and Pretty-Heart catches pneumonia.

Without Family: Chapters 11-12

Jun 7th, 2020 34m 44s

Rémi enjoys sleeping in a nice bed, eating good food, but most of all, the affection of Mrs. Milligan and Arthur. He learns that Mrs. Milligan had an older child who was kidnaped when he was six months old and never found. Soon after the husban

Without Family: Chapter 10

Jun 6th, 2020 46m 25s

Alone, Rémi now needs to take care of himself and his four companions. They perform, earn little, and nearly starve. Rémi encounters a foreign lady who owns a small river boat. She hears him play and sing and suggests that he will join her and

Without Family: Chapters 7-8-9

Jun 6th, 2020 45m 24s

Vitalis teaches Rémi the alphabet and how to read music. They travel from village to village, living by giving musical and stage performances. When they reach the winter resort of Pau, they stay there the whole winter, performing for the childr

Without Family: Chapters 5-6

Jun 5th, 2020 33m 27s

Rémi and Vitalis spend their first night together in a barn, sheltering from a rain storm after being refused lodgings by farmers along their way. Rémi cries with longing to mother Barberin, but finds some solace in Capi who lies down beside hi

Without Family: Chapters 3-4

Jun 4th, 2020 42m 17s

Barberin meets a travelling artist, Signor Vitalis, who travels with three dogs—Capi, Zerbino and Dulcie—and a monkey, Pretty-Heart. Vitalis offers to pay Barberin and take Rémi on as an apprentice. Rémi is taken by Vitalis from his childhood h

Without Family: Preface and Chapters 1-2

Jun 3rd, 2020 40m 45s

Welcome to the first season of Cherryleaf Library for Children. Hector Malot’s Without Family (translated as Nobody's Child) is one of the best children’s books ever written, especially for ages 8 to 12. It is a story of five years in the life

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