# François the waif

Author: Sand, George, 1804-1876; Abot, Eugène-Michel-Joseph, 1836-1894 [Illustrator]; Sedgwick, Jane Minot [Translator]

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69153

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Fran%C3%A7ois+the+waif+Sand&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

François le Champi, a pretty idyl that tells of homely affections, self-devotion, "humble cares and delicate fears," opens a little vista into that Arcadia to which, the poet says, we were all born. It offers many difficulties to the translator. It is a rustic tale, put into the mouths of peasants, who relate it with a primitive simplicity, sweet and full of sentiment in the French, but prone to degenerate into mawkishness and monotony when turned into English. Great care has been taken to keep the English of this version simple and idiomatic, and yet religiously to avoid any breach of faith toward the author. It is hoped that, though the original pure and limpid waters have necessarily c...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/9/index.md)
- [did. I was waiting to see whether the person in question cared for you,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/francois-the-waif-69153/chapters/13/index.md)