Summary
Alphonse Daudet: The Miraculous Adventures of Tartarin Tarascon
Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) is a popular French writer and deserves a prominent place in French and world literature.
The novel The Miraculous Adventures of Tartarin Tarascon is the first novel of the Tartarin Trilogy, and in it the author describes life in a witty and humorous way, customs, people and prejudices of a small Mediterranean town. The character of the main hero of the novel, a good-natured ravisher and braggart, was also successfully defined. Irresistible stylistic originality enabled the novel's literary success and popularity, and ensured Daudet an enviable place among world writers.
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