![]() ![]() ![]() Méliès becomes a leading character in the story, introducing Hugo to the world of early film. The illustration above from the book echoes the famous photograph of Méliès at his kiosk on the Gare Montparnasse, years after he had lost his film business and disappeared into obscurity, and just at the point of his re-discovery by film historians. Our interest is that the toy store keeper is Georges Méliès. Seeking pieces to repair the figure, he steals pieces from a toy store by a railway station. Set in Paris in 1931, it tells of a young orphan boy, Hugo Cabret, who is reduced to stealing to find food to eat, but then rescues an automaton from a museum fire. ![]() The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a children’s book (designed for 9-12 year-olds), written and illustrated by Brian Selznick and published this year. ![]()
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