by Comtesse de Ségur · Bibliothèque Lattès · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782709608275
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«Le général Dourakine» is a children's and young adult novel by the Comtesse de Ségur, published by Bibliothèque Lattès in paperback (280 pages, in French).
General Dourakine, impulsive and generous, returns to Russia and invites his French friends to visit his luxurious estate at Gromiline. Between comic and dramatic episodes, the novel addresses hospitality, justice, and the social differences of the era, with humour and subtle social criticism.
Originally published in 1863, it is the second instalment of the «General Dourakine» series. This 1990 edition includes illustrations by Émile Bayard.
For readers of classic French children's and young adult literature and for those who appreciate nineteenth-century adventures with a backdrop of social criticism.
