Excerpt from La Main Malheureuse, Anonymous: With Complete And Detailed Vocabulary Tms little tale is taken from Le Magasin Pittoresque for 1873, a French periodical whose anonymous stories and articles are written by the best authors of the time. A charming yet faithful picture of life among honest, industrious middle - class people, the story also gives a vivid idea of the struggles and aspirations of a young artist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.