The Last Lesson: by Alphonse Daudet
The Last Lesson: by Alphonse Daudet
The Last Lesson: by Alphonse Daudet
BY ALPHONSE
DAUDET
Alphonse Daudet
(1840- 1897)
French Novelist and Story Writer
Background
Set up in the days of Franco-
Prussian War (1870-1871).
France was Defeated by Prussia.
Prussia was then led by Otto Von
Bismark (1815–1898), Prussian
statesman and first Chancellor of
Germany.
Prussia was then consisted of what
now the nations of Germany, Poland
and Parts of Austria.
The story covers the times when French
districts of Alsace and Lorraine were taken
over by Prussia.
F r a n z e x p e c t e d h e w o u l d g e t i n s i d e t h e c l a s s a m i d s t
commotion.
C h i l d r e n a l r e a d y a t t h e i r p l a c e s .
M . H a m e l r o a m i n g w i t h h i s t e r r i b l e r u l e r.
F r a n z a s k e d f o r p e r m i s s i o n
C o n t r a d i c t o r y t o h i s e x p e c t a t i o n h e w a s n ’ t b e i n g
Scold for getting late.
VIVA LA FRANCE
LONG LIVE FRANCE
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