Hector Malot

=== Birth ===

=== Birth ===

Hector Malot's parents were Marie-Anne-Victoire Le Bourgeois and Jean Baptiste Malot. They married September 30, 1826, each for the second time.<ref>{{Cite book |last=La Brunière |first=Anne de |title=Hector Malot en Seine |last2=Thomas-Vidal |first2=Agnès |date=2007 |publisher=Magellan & Cie |isbn=978-2-35074-069-0 |series=Traces & fragments |location=Paris |pages=18}}</ref>

Hector Malot's parents were Marie-Anne-Victoire Le Bourgeois and Jean Baptiste Malot. They got married on September 30, 1826, each for the second time.<ref>{{Cite book |last=La Brunière |first=Anne de |title=Hector Malot en Seine |last2=Thomas-Vidal |first2=Agnès |date=2007 |publisher=Magellan & Cie |isbn=978-2-35074-069-0 |series=Traces & fragments |location=Paris |pages=18}}</ref>

From the union was born first a child named Victor who died at a young age. On May 20, 1830 Hector was born in the family home of La Bouille, on the banks of the [[Seine]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=La Brunière |first=Anne de |title=Hector Malot en Seine |last2=Thomas-Vidal |first2=Agnès |date=2007 |publisher=Magellan & Cie |isbn=978-2-35074-069-0 |series=Traces & fragments |location=Paris |pages=15}}</ref>

From the union was born a child named Victor who died at a young age. On May 20, 1830 Hector was born in the family home of La Bouille, on the banks of the [[Seine]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=La Brunière |first=Anne de |title=Hector Malot en Seine |last2=Thomas-Vidal |first2=Agnès |date=2007 |publisher=Magellan & Cie |isbn=978-2-35074-069-0 |series=Traces & fragments |location=Paris |pages=15}}</ref>

A few hours after his birth, a sailboat moored in front of the house suddenly veers dangerously towards it. It breaks the window of the newborn’s room with its bowsprit. When a crowd gathers they find the little Hector sleeping peacefully as if nothing happened, which is seen as an omen of an unusual destiny.<ref>{{Cite book |last=La Brunière |first=Anne de |title=Hector Malot en Seine |last2=Thomas-Vidal |first2=Agnès |date=2007 |publisher=Magellan & Cie |isbn=978-2-35074-069-0 |series=Traces & fragments |location=Paris |pages=17}}</ref>

A few hours after his birth, a sailboat moored in front of the house suddenly veers dangerously towards it. It broke the window of the newborn’s room with its bowsprit. When a crowd gathered they found little Hector sleeping peacefully as if nothing happened, which is seen as an omen of an unusual destiny.<ref>{{Cite book |last=La Brunière |first=Anne de |title=Hector Malot en Seine |last2=Thomas-Vidal |first2=Agnès |date=2007 |publisher=Magellan & Cie |isbn=978-2-35074-069-0 |series=Traces & fragments |location=Paris |pages=17}}</ref>

=== Childhood and adolescence ===

=== Childhood and adolescence ===