by Louis Pergaud · CLE International · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782090319255
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«La guerre des boutons» is the novel by Louis Pergaud published by CLE International in paperback, 63 pages, in French.
Two gangs of teenagers from neighboring villages declare war on each other and, when they capture an enemy, they strip the buttons from their clothes before sending them home humiliated. This adapted edition brings Louis Pergaud's classic closer to students of French with a vocabulary of 500 words and comprehension activities at the end of the volume.
It belongs to the Lectures CLE en Français Facile collection, level 1. The original novel was published in 1912. The cover images show the child protagonists in a confrontation scene.
Intended for elementary-level (A2) students of French and for young people aged 14 to 17 who want to read a classic of French literature in simplified form.
Louis Pergaud was a French novelist, war poet, and soldier, whose principal works were known as "Animal Stories" due to his featuring animals of the Franche-Comté in lead roles. His most notable work was the novel La Guerre des boutons (1912). It has been reprinted more than 30 times, and is included on the French high-school curriculum.
