Fanchon the Cricket - Primary Source Edition | 
Halfway-through La petite Fadette (Fanchon the Cricket in English), a 19th-c classic about Sylvinet & Landry, twin boys from a well-off farming family, and Fanchon, nicknamed “the cricket“ because she is scrawny & ugly, and “fadette“ (little fairy in Berrichon dialect) because she comes from a line of women half thought to be witches (they know about plants and people). It's quite modern in its outlook and I am enjoying it very much.
Dilara I was inspired to read it after seeing the play advertised by the poster above. The play was also very enjoyable and moving. It contained some of the original text and also, a number of folk songs from Berry (the traditional region in central France were the novel is set). 6d