![]() ![]() Most of the drama revolves around an endless stream of student pranks and whether Pagnol and his friends can escape punishment.Īn interesting diversion from these schoolboy stories is a fairly long chapter which tells a story set in the time of plague in Marseilles in the 1720s. ![]() Told with wit, humour and a natural storyteller's flair for detail, it is also interesting to read about what school life was like at the turn of the last century. These volumes include some stories from summer holidays in the Provincial countryside (the setting of the first two books), but focus more on his school days in a prestigious lycee, where he was a scholarship student. ![]() Only the first volume was published in his lifetime, and it appears to be unknown why he never published The Time of Love. This volume completes the childhood memoirs of Marcel Pagnol, and is a companion piece to My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle. ![]()
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