No.669. 『Louis Braille - The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind-』

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Louis Braille was only twelve years old. And he was blind. But he made up his mind - somehow he was going to invent an easy way for all blind people to read and write.
It took Louise three years to work out his alphabet of raised dots. With this alphabet, blind people could read as fast as other people.
Today almost all books for the blind are printed in the alphabet called braille. Blind people read braille with their fingertips.

主題は点字を開発した盲目の少年の生涯です。1800年代初頭の都会（パリ）の衛生環境がどれほどのものだったかなどもわかります。

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