This piece is a short, character-driven work meant to evoke village atmosphere. It relies on melodic simplicity and a song-like quality characteristic of late Romantic salon music.
The difficulty lies in achieving a seamless legato throughout the melodic line.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Au Village is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Au Village lasts about 3 minutes.
Au Village is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Au Village by Swan Hennessy, Berceuse by Swan Hennessy, Berceuse by Swan Hennessy — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.