A Forest Betrothal
by Erckmann ChatrianGenre: Drama
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Format of Original Source: Short Story
Recommended Adaptation Length:
Candidate for Adaptation? Not Likely
EXCERPT:
“Where are you going through the forest at this hour, my dear child?”
She stretched out her hand and showed him, way at the end of the valley, a forester’s house.
“I am returning to my father’s house, the Corporal Yeri Foerster. You know him, without doubt, Monsieur le Juge.”
“What, are you our brave Yeri’s daughter? Ah, do I know him? A very worthy man. Then you are little Charlotte of whom he has often spoken to me when he came with his official reports?”
“Yes, Monsieur; I have just come from the town and am returning home.”
COMMENTS:
A fisherman seeks refuge in a cottage and falls for a young girl. Not much more here.
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