History Literature / NobodysGirl

There is a Japanese anime series, ''Perrine Monogatari'' aka ''Anime/TheStoryOfPerrine'', based on the novel. It is part of the ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' collection, which years later adapted [[Literature/SansFamille Nobody's Boy]], another of Malot's novels, into an anime called [[Anime/IeNakiKoRemi Remi, Nobody's Girl.]]

The story itself is about Perrine Paindavoine, a 13-year-old French-Indian girl who arrives to Paris with her gravely-ill mother, Marie. They head to a village in the French North-East named [[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraucourt Maraucourt]] [[note]](link is in French)[[/note]], the place where Perrine's DisappearedDad Edmond is from, to meet with her grandfather Vulfran. Marie dies of her illness despite her and Perrine selling pretty much everything in their possession to get the meds she needs, and before kicking it she warns Perrine that her grandfather won't want to take her in since he greatly objected to her and Edmond's marriage. Perrine still decides to go there so she can meet her grandfather no matter what and build her own life...

* GrumpyOldMan: Vulfran Paindavoine is quite feared by his wicked temper, though Perrine/Aurelie's influence [[MoralityPet softens him up a bit]]...

* NeverLearnedToRead: Averted, Marie and Edmond taught Perrine the basics of writing/reading as they traveled. Still, Vulfram asks "Aurelie" about her education and then makes sure she'll go to the local school to polish her present knowledge.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Edmond and Marie were rejected by Vulfran when they married, [[spoiler: specially because Edmond was supposed to go through an ArrangedMarriage to a rich heiress, which he kicked to the curb when he fell for Marie.]]

* SecretIdentity: To protect herself, Perrine renames self as "Aurelie" and hides her origins when she arrives to Maraucourt.

* IllGirl: Perrine's mother Marie is at the last stages of tuberculosis when the story begins, and dies very soon.

* MixedAncestry: Perrine's father is French, her mother is Anglo-Indian.

* StubbornMule: Palikare, Perrine's beloved donkey, at times can be like this. But he's mostly sweet.
* UngratefulBastard: Subverted, Rosalie mistakes Perrine/Aurelie as this [[spoiler: when she leaves the factory lodge that her family handles]], but it turns out [[spoiler: Perrine simply wasn't used to sleeping indoors (''plus'' the lodge itself wasn't well-built, though she logically doesn't tell Rosalie about that), so she built her own hut right outside the village. Rosalie even thinks Perrine's bitty hut is cute when she sees it.]]

Nobody's Girl (French: En Famille, lit. Amongst Family, 1893) is a novel by Hector Malot. The story was later translated into English as ''The Story of Perrine'' by Gil.

!!En Famille includes several tropes:

* GuileHero: [[spoiler: As "Aurelie", Perrine becomes the near-blind Vulfran's guide, interpreter and secretary. She realises that the increasingly old and weary old man is surrounded by ambitious {{smug snake}}s (like his nephews/potential heirs Casimir and Theodore, each young man's scheming mothers, and the executive Talouel), and must become this ''fast'' to fend these people off, protect Vulfran's interests, and avert becoming their pawn.]]

The story itself is about Perrine Paindavoine, a 13-year-old French-Indian girl who arrives to Paris with her gravely-ill mother, Marie. They head to a village in the French North-West named [[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraucourt Maraucourt]] [[note]](link is in French), the place where Perrine's DisappearedDad Edmond is from, to meet with her grandfather Vulfran. Marie dies of her illness despite her and Perrine selling pretty much everything in their possession to get the meds she needs, and before kicking it she warns Perrine that her grandfather won't want to take her in since he greatly objected to her and Edmond's marriage. Perrine still decides to go there so she can meet her grandfather no matter what and build her own life...

The story itself is about Perrine Paindavoine, a 13-year-old French-Indian girl who arrives to Paris with her gravely-ill mother, Marie. They head to a village in the north named Maraucourt, the place where Perrine's DisappearedDad Edmond is from, to meet with her grandfather Vulfran. Marie dies of her illness despite her and Perrine selling pretty much everything in their possession to get the meds she needs, and before kicking it she warns Perrine that her grandfather won't want to take her in since he greatly objected to her and Edmond's marriage. Perrine still decides to go there so she can meet her grandfather no matter what and build her own life...

* ComingOfAgeStory: For Perrine, who has to forge her own destiny on her own at the tender age of 13.

* GuileHero: [[spoiler: As "Aurelie", Perrine becomes the near-blind Vulfran's interpreter and secretary. She realises that the increasingly old and weary old man is surrounded by ambitious {{smug snake}}s (like his nephews Casimir and Theodore and the executive Talouel), and must become this ''fast'' to fend these people off and avert becoming their pawn.]]

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: A cruel baker tricks Perrine by falsely accusing her of giving her counterfeit coins, so she can cheat her out of money. It gets worse since Perrine can't get her money back and, trying to continue on her path, ''collapses of hunger and fatigue''. Fortunately Palikare and his kindly new owner, CoolOldLady La Rouquerie, find her.]]

The story itself is about Perrine Paindavoine, a 13-year-old girl who arrives to Paris with her gravely-ill mother, Marie. They head to a village in the north named Maraucourt, the place where Perrine's DisappearedDad Edmond is from, to meet with her grandfather Vulfran. Marie dies of her illness despite her and Perrine selling pretty much everything in their possession to get the meds she needs, and before kicking it she warns Perrine that her grandfather won't want to take her in since he greatly objected to her and Edmond's marriage. Perrine still decides to go there so she can meet her grandfather no matter what and build her own life...

There is a Japanese anime series, ''Perrine Monogatari'' aka ''Anime/TheStoryOfPerrine'', based on the novel. It is part of the Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater collection, which also adapted [[Literature/SansFamille Nobody's Boy]], another of Malot's novels, into an anime called [[Anime/IeNakiKoRemi Remi, Nobody's Girl.]]

* BerserkButton: No one should ''ever'' put La Rouquerie's honesty in jeopardy. [[spoiler: When Perrine tells her that the baker used the "counterfeit money" story, she gets '''fucking pissed''' because not only Perrine was in life-threatening danger but the baker indirectly implied that she was the actual thief.]]

The story itself is about Perrine Paindavoine, a 13-year-old girl who arrives to Paris with her gravely-ill mother, Marie. They head to a village in the north named Maraucourt, the place where Perrine's DisappearedDad Edmond is from, to meet with her grandfather Vulfran. Marie dies of her illness despite her and Perrine selling pretty much everything in their possession, and before kicking it she warns Perrine that her grandfather won't want to take her in since he greatly objected to her and Edmond's marriage. Perrine still decides to go there so she can meet her grandfather no matter what...

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: A cruel store owner tricks Perrine by falsely accusing her of giving her counterfeit money, so she can cheat her out of money. It gets worse since Perrine can't get her money back and, trying to continue on her path, ''collapses of hunger and fatigue''. Fortunately Palikare and his kindly new owner, CoolOldLady La Rouquerie, find her.]]

* MalignedMixedMarriage: Edmond and Marie were rejected by Vulfran when they married, [[spoiler: specially because Edmond was supposed to go through an ArrangedMarriage to a rich heiress, which he kicked to the curb when he fell for Marie.]]

* GuileHero: [[spoiler: As "Aurelie", Perrine becomes the near-blind Vulfran's interpreter and secretary. She realises that the increasingly old and weary old man is surrounded by ambitious {{smug snake}}s (like his nephews Casimir and Theodore and the executive Talouel, and must become this ''fast'' to fend them off.]]

* UngratefulBastard: Subverted, Rosalie mistakes Perrine/Aurelie as this [[spoiler: when she leaves the factory lodge that her family handles]], but it turns out [[spoiler: Perrine simply wasn't used to sleeping indoors, so she built her own hut right outside the village. Rosalie even thinks Perrine's bitty hut is cute when she sees it.]]

** Vulfran also does this once [[spoiler: when he rants about how much he blames Marie and Perrine for Edmond's departure from hi side ''in front of Perrine''.. To be fair he doesn't know yet who she is, and when he reveals that he knows it now, he apologizes.]]

* UngratefulBastard: Subverted, Rosalie mistakes Perrine/Aurelie as this [[spoiler: when she leaves the factory lodge that her family handles]], but it turns out [[spoiler: Perrine simply wasn't used to being cooped up, so she built her own hut right outside the village. She even thinks the bitty hut is cute when she sees it.]]

The story itself is about Perrine, a 13-year-old girl who arrives to Paris with her gravely-ill mother, Marie. They head to a village in the north named Maraucourt, the place where Perrine's DisappearedDad Edmond is from, to meet with her grandfather Vulfran. Marie dies of her illness despite her and Perrine selling pretty much everything in their possession, and before kicking it she warns Perrine that her grandfather won't want to take her in since he greatly objected to her and Edmond's marriage. Perrine still decides to go there so she can meet her grandfather no matter what...

* GrumpyOldMan: Vulfran is quite feared by his wicked temper, though Perrine/Aurelie's influence [[MoralityPet softens him up a bit]]...

** Vulfran also does this once [[spoiler: when he rants about how much he blames Marie and Perrine for Edmond's departure from hi side ''in front of Perrine'.. To be fair he doesn't know yet who she is, and when he reveals that he knows it now, he apologizes.]]

There is a Japanese anime series, ''Perrine Monogatari'', based on the novel. It is part of the Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater collection, which also adapted [[Literature/SansFamille Nobody's Boy]], another of Malot's novels, into an anime called [[Anime/IeNakiKoRemi Remi, Nobody's Girl.]]