does anybody know anything about "le petit chose" a book by Alphonse Daudet? the story line to be precise?

Answer 1

I found the e-text but I know nothing about it!

Answer 2

Maurice Cloche's second directorial effort was Le Petit Chose, released in the U.S. as The Little Thing. Based on a novel by Alphonse Daudet, the film stars Robert Lynen and Jean Marcaton as two brothers. While Marcaton is sober and sensible, Lynen is a poetic dreamer. Forced to make his way in the cold cruel world, Lynen attempts to adopt his brother's level-headedness, but it all goes out the window when he falls in love with pretty Janine Darcy. The film's best performance is delivered by Charpin as a furrow-browed porcelain manufacturer. Almost as good is Arletty as a worldly courtesan and Le Vigan as a flamboyant fencing instructor. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Answer 3

I read it when I was a kid, it's some kind of French equivalent for David Coperfield, a partly autobiographic novel about childhood made difficult by poverty (the main characters still has brothers and sisters, especially a brother he calls "ma mère Jacques" , and he becomes a teacher towards the end).
I don't remember the details though, only a part in which they have to leave their appartment because of a cockroaches invasion.