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The Lion
Le Lion The Lion (French: Le Lion), a novel by French author
Joseph Kessel, is the story of a girl and her lion.
The novel was translated into English by Peter
Green.[1]
Plot summary
Patricia has a rare gift to communicate with animals, and
thinks she can control everything. She is popular with
both animals and people. The story is narrated through
a French man on a visit to Kenya. The plot of the story
revolves around the friendship between Patricia and a li-
on called King, whom Patricia raised since he was a cub.
Ouriounga, a teenage Masai, who wishes to marry Patri-
cia, decides to prove his worth by killing a lion to gain
her respect, as is custom in his tribe. However the lion he
chooses is King. Patricia’s father shoots King in order to
protect Ouriounga from certain death. With her idealis-
tic view of the African savanna crushed, Patricia finally
Author(s) Joseph Kessel gives in to everyone’s demands and leaves with the nar-
rator to attend a boarding school in Nairobi.
Original title Le Lion
Cover artist Henri Galeron Movie adaption
Country France Irene and Louis Kamp adapted the novel for the screen-
Language French play of a 1962 movie of the same title starring William
Holden, Trevor Howard, Capucine and Pamela
Genre(s) Novel
Franklin.[2]
Publisher Gallimard-Jeunesse
Publication date 1958 References
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) [1] Books: The Lass Who Loved a Lion, review in Time
magazine, 22 June 1959
Pages 280 pp
[2] The Lion (1962) at IMDb
ISBN 978-2070513444
OCLC Number 39011521
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Categories: French novels, 1958 novels, 1950s novel stubs
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