Sans Famille

Sans Famille
Title page of the third edition
AuthorHector Malot
IllustratorIvan Loewitz (1880)
LanguageFrench
GenreNovel, Bildungsroman
PublisherÉdouard Dentu
Publication date
December 4, 1877 – April 19, 1878 (magazine)
1878 (novel)
Publication placeFrance
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages372
TextSans Famille at Wikisource
Copyright: Public Domain

Sans Famille (lit.'Without Family'; English: Nobody's Boy) is an 1878 French novel by Hector Malot. The most recent English translation is Alone in the World by Adrian de Bruyn in 2007. The novel was reportedly inspired by the Italian street musicians of the 19th century, in particular the harpists from Viggiano, Basilicata.