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Alphonse Daudet

    13 mei 1840 – 16 december 1897

    Alphonse Daudet was een Franse romanschrijver wiens werken zich vaak verdiepen in de complexiteit van de menselijke natuur en maatschappelijke illusies. Met een meesterlijk oog voor detail en een ironische afstand creëert hij personages die worstelen met ambitie, verlangen en de dagelijkse beslommeringen van het leven. Zijn stijl wordt gekenmerkt door levendigheid, muzikaliteit en een vermogen om het ritme van de Franse taal te vangen. Daudets proza verkent thema's als eenzaamheid, sociale klim en -val en ongrijpbare dromen, waarbij vaak de bitterzoete waarheden van het bestaan worden onthuld.

    Alphonse Daudet
    Fromont and Risler, Volume I
    Tartarin Of Tarascon
    Le petit chose
    Sapho
    In the Land of Pain
    Jack
    • Jack

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      The novel follows Jack, a young orphan navigating the challenges of poverty and societal prejudice in 19th-century Paris. Through his coming-of-age journey, Jack encounters diverse characters, learning lessons about resilience, compassion, and friendship. Daudet vividly portrays the social injustices faced by the marginalized, exploring themes of class disparity and the human capacity for kindness. This poignant tale offers a gripping narrative that highlights the enduring strength of the human spirit in overcoming adversity, making it a timeless story for all readers.

      Jack
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    • In the Land of Pain

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      As Julian Barnes notes in his introduction to Alphonse Daudet’s La Doulou, the writer, who lived from 1840 to 1897, was once celebrated as a leading literary figure. Henry James referred to him as “the happiest novelist” and “the most charming story-teller” of his time. However, Daudet was also part of a tragic group of nineteenth-century French writers afflicted by syphilis. In the Land of Pain—notes toward an unwritten book—Daudet offers a poignant response to his illness. With quick, incisive strokes, he details his symptoms, describing pain as a “one-man-band” and his treatments as “morphine nights” filled with sleeplessness and existential void. He reflects on his fears, seeking meaning in pain and urging it to be his philosophy and science. Daudet shares observations of fellow patients at spas, noting the cultural contrasts in their experiences, and he contemplates the deceptive nature of death, which seems to merely thin out life. Barnes’s translation captures the essence of these notes, creating a record that is both shattering and lighthearted, haunting yet beguiling. This work reveals the dual nature of physical suffering—its banality and transformative power—while celebrating the complex resilience of the human spirit.

      In the Land of Pain
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    • Sapho

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      Passionate, calculating, only sometimes honourable but always honest, Fanny Legrand is one of the great female characters in literature.Nothing could be more shocking to Jean Gaussin, a serious young student from the provinces, than the moral swamp his mistress has been living in before they met. Sculptor’s model, poet’s muse, Fanny Legrand has seen and done it all in the twenty years since her first lover, Caoudal, cast in bronze the girl from the Paris gutter and named her Sappho. But revulsion is no match for lust; and little by little, despite continual outbreaks of rage and jealousy, Jean is able to live with Fanny’s disgraceful past, to find a certain pleasure in the degraded domesticity of their life together and even to feel a degree of pride in his new connections with famous men. The arrival on the scene of a marriageable young girl seems to offer Jean the escape route he needs...

      Sapho
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    • This first work by Alphonse Daudet draws heavily from the author's own biography. It follows Daniel Eyssette, a child from the South exiled in the fog of Lyon after his father's bankruptcy, who is derisively called "the little thing" by a professor. It also depicts his experiences as a terrified school monitor, a poor young man torn between dreams of glory and romantic temptations, wandering the streets of the capital. Characters such as the fearsome Mr. Viot, the unfortunate servant known as "the black-eyed one," the black woman Coucou-Blanc, and the tender older brother nicknamed "Mother Jacques" are vividly portrayed. While close in some respects to naturalism, Daudet's depiction of schools and literary bohemia is infused with the humor and poetry that made "Letters from My Mill" successful. A novel of a humiliated childhood, bearing a dark social vision and ambiguous morality that would resonate with Jules Vallès, "Le Petit Chose" remains a classic, straddling the worlds of Dickens and Zola.

      Le petit chose
      3,5
    • Tartarin Of Tarascon

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      The story follows Tartarin, a character with an exaggerated sense of heroism, as he embarks on humorous adventures in the picturesque landscapes of Provence. Through satire and comedy, the novel cleverly critiques French society's quirks and idiosyncrasies. Daudet's lighthearted narrative explores themes of heroism, identity, and the human spirit, providing a joyful and imaginative escape for readers. With its vivid portrayal of Southern France and engaging storytelling, the book delivers a delightful blend of adventure and humor.

      Tartarin Of Tarascon
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    • Fromont and Risler, Volume I

      Preface by LECONTE DE LISLE,

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      The narrative explores Alphonse Daudet's journey as a writer, highlighting his early works, including the poetry collection Les Amoureuses and the acclaimed Lettres de Mon Moulin. His experiences in Clamart and references to Provence enrich his storytelling. Although his debut novel, Le Petit Chose, did not achieve immediate fame, it poignantly reflects his formative years with grace and emotional depth, showcasing his literary promise and the evolution of his craft.

      Fromont and Risler, Volume I
    • The Works Of Alphonse Daudet

      Tartarin Of Tarascon To Which Is Added Tartarin On The Alps

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      The book is a facsimile reprint of a scarce antiquarian work, reflecting its historical significance. It may exhibit imperfections typical of older texts, including marks and notations. The publisher emphasizes its cultural importance and commitment to preserving literature by offering this high-quality edition that remains faithful to the original.

      The Works Of Alphonse Daudet
    • Fromont and Risler, Volume IV

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      Focusing on Alphonse Daudet's literary journey, his early works, including the poetry collection Les Amoureuses, paved the way for his recognition as a promising writer. His 1866 work, Lettres de Mon Moulin, garnered significant attention, showcasing his connection to Provence. Although his first longer novel, Le Petit Chose, published in 1868, did not achieve immediate popularity, it poignantly reflects his own youth, characterized by grace and emotional depth. Daudet's evolution as a writer highlights his contributions to French literature.

      Fromont and Risler, Volume IV
    • Fromont and Risler

      in large print

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      • 14 uur lezen

      This edition focuses on making historical works accessible to individuals with impaired vision through large print. The publishing house Megali is dedicated to preserving and reproducing these important texts, ensuring that they remain available to a broader audience.

      Fromont and Risler
    • The Nabob

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      Set against the contrasting backdrops of Paris and India, the novel explores the cultural clash between the aristocracy and the newly wealthy amid colonialism's complexities. Through sharp satire, Daudet critiques the superficiality and hypocrisy of the aristocratic class while highlighting the allure of wealth and the exoticism of India. The characters navigate power, privilege, and identity, revealing the tensions that arise from cultural collisions. This thought-provoking narrative offers a rich exploration of social dynamics during a tumultuous era of colonial expansion.

      The Nabob
    • Tartarin on the Alps

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      The narrative explores Alphonse Daudet's literary journey, highlighting his early works and the gradual recognition he gained as a novelist. His collection of poems, "Les Amoureuses," marked his entry into writing, while "Lettres de Mon Moulin" showcased his talent and drew significant attention. "Le Petit Chose," although not an immediate success, reflects his formative years with a blend of grace and pathos, offering insight into his life experiences and emotional depth. Daudet's evolution as a writer is underscored by his contributions to literature during the 19th century.

      Tartarin on the Alps
    • Tartarin of Tarascon

      in large print

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      This publication focuses on making historical works accessible by utilizing large print formats, catering specifically to individuals with impaired vision. Megali, the publishing house behind this initiative, is dedicated to preserving and reproducing significant texts while ensuring readability for all.

      Tartarin of Tarascon
    • Fromont and Risler, Volume III

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      Alphonse Daudet, a notable French novelist, began his literary career with poetry and gained recognition through his contributions to Le Figaro and various plays. His collection, Lettres de Mon Moulin, captured readers' attention with its charm and references to Provence. His first major novel, Le Petit Chose, reflects his early life experiences with grace and emotion, showcasing his distinctive narrative style. Daudet's work is marked by a blend of personal reflection and vivid storytelling, establishing him as a significant figure in 19th-century literature.

      Fromont and Risler, Volume III
    • Fromont and Risler, Volume II

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      Alphonse Daudet, a notable French novelist, gained recognition for his literary contributions, including the collection of poems "Les Amoureuses" and the acclaimed "Lettres de Mon Moulin." His early works reflect personal experiences, particularly in "Le Petit Chose," which narrates his formative years with grace and emotional depth. Daudet's career blossomed through his employment at Le Figaro and his involvement in playwriting, establishing him as a promising figure in literature during the 19th century.

      Fromont and Risler, Volume II
    • When republican revolution comes to the kingdom of Illyria, King Christian and Queen Frederique, their young son Zara, and a small retinue of the abandoned court escape to Paris. They set up home there in much reduced, but still elegant, circumstances. Christian is a devotee of pleasure, while Frederique is staunch in her desire to maintain not only royal standards, but their effort to regain their throne. Christian descends into Paris' pleasure pits and seeks only passing joys, while Frederique determinedly schemes for restoration. Only now will the real import of their vividly contrasting personalities come into focus. Trapped in the arms of a deceptive mistress, badly in debt, and imperfectly committed, Christian is asked to lead a counter-revolution - with disastrous results. With all hope of restoration gone, can their marriage survive? Alphonse Daudet masterfully charts this course to disaster with lyric colour, bitter melancholy, and an undertow of passion. This fascinating exposure of the regal and the rotten was first published in 1879.

      Kings in Exile
    • Artists' Wives

      Translated by Laura Ensor, Illustrated by De Bieler, Myrbach and Rossi

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      The narrative explores Alphonse Daudet's journey as a French novelist, highlighting his early works and growing recognition in literature. His collection of poems, Les Amoureuses, and his contributions to Le Figaro mark the beginning of his literary career. Notably, Lettres de Mon Moulin captures the charm of Provence, while Le Petit Chose reflects his own youth with grace and emotion, showcasing his distinctive storytelling style. Daudet's life and writings reveal a blend of personal experience and literary ambition that resonates with readers.

      Artists' Wives
    • Zpracování slavného románu Alphonse Daudeta se snaží zpřístupnit studentům francouzštiny příběh lovce a bláhového snílka Tartarina z venkovského městečka Tarascon. Publikace pomůže zábavným způsobem obohatit slovní zásobu, rozvinout schopnost porozumění mluvenému slovu a zdokonalit se ve výslovnosti. Může být užitečnou pomůckou jak při samostudiu, tak i v hodinách s lektorem pro zpestření výuky.

      Tartarin de Tarascon. Tartarin z Tarasconu
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    • La chèvre de Monsieur Seguin

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      " Ah ! Gringoire, qu'elle était jolie la petite chèvre de M. Seguin ! qu'elle était jolie avec ses yeux doux, sa barbiche de sous-officier, ses sabots noirs et luisants, ses cornes zébrées et ses longs poils blancs qui lui faisaient une houppelande !... Un amour de petite chèvre... "

      La chèvre de Monsieur Seguin
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    • Meistererzählungen

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      Nikolaj Gogol (1809-1852) gilt als eigentlicher Begründer des sozialkritischen Realismus der russischen Literatur. Für Gogols Werk kennzeichnend ist einerseits die auf seine russische Mutter zurückgehende abgründige, apokalyptische Mystik und andererseits die auf die ukrainische Herkunft des Vaters fußende skurrile Leichtigkeit und Sinnfreudigkeit. Dabei tritt bei Gogol alle sinnliche Problematik als buntes äußeres Geschehen hervor. Eine sehr lesenswerte und gleichzeitig amüsante wie zu Herzen gehende Sammlung von Erzählungen und Kurzgeschichten des großen russischen Klassikers der Abgründe der menschlichen Seele, Nikolaij Gogol. Der Jahrmarkt von Sorotschinzy, Die Johannisnacht, Der verlorene Brief, Die Mainacht, Die Nase.

      Meistererzählungen
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    • Table :- Le Pape est mort- La dernière Classe- L'Enfant espion- La Défense de Tarascon- Les petits Pâtés- Le Turco de la Commune- Les trois Sommations

      L'enfant espion
      3,0
    • Málokedy sa umelcovi podarí ukázať s takým zdarom a plastičnosťou ako v Dokonalom manželstve,z akých povahových prvkov z ctižiadosti, z nádeje, z túžby po vyniknutí, inokedy z duševného útlaku a skrytej sily sa medzi párom ľudí rodí náklonnosť,ľúbosť, náruživosť,a niekedy,ako aj tu,sklamanie a zrada, no aj možnosť obrody vzájomného života. Daudet však nielen kreslí,ale aj strháva romantické ilúzie a učí posudzovať ľudí nie podľa vonkajších predností,ale podľa ich ľudskej hodnoty. Vysoké kompozičné umenie vytvára z tejto drámy žiarlivosti neobyčajne pútavú históriu. Daudet je však okrem toho veľký štylista,celý román je plný prenikavej,no neubijajúcej irónie a jemného humoru. Nadovšetko je tento spisovateľ veľký opisovateľom přírody,dokonalým zobrazením hmlou opradeného parížskeho kraja,nádherných tieňosvitov,hôr,partiami z rybačky po hladine Seiny,prekrásneho bretónskeho pobrežia a mora všetkého toho,čo v jeho čase objavovali francúzski maliari-plenéristi a čo v literárnom umení stavia Daudeta po bok veľkého Rusa,Ivana Sergejeviča Turgeneva. Ďalšie informácie ...

      Dokonalé manželstvo
      3,0
    • Tartarin je neúnavný fabulátor vlastného života. V našom príbehu však jeho chvastúnstvo začne narážať na neúprosnou a tvrdou realitu: prostredie Álp je omnoho menej prívetivé ako provensálske kopčeky okolem Tarasconu, kde sa miestni ´horolezci´ mohli beztrestne hrať na alpinistické dobrodružstvá. Ostáva podotknúť, že hora, ktorú rozprávanie uvádza pod názvom Panna, sa dnes nazýva Jungfrau a je vysoká 4158 metrov. Tartarin si k svojmu prvému výstupu nevybral skutočne žiadneho drobčeka! Rozprávanie je popredkávané satirou na dobovú módu - autor sa vysmieva smiešnym aspektom rozvíjajúceho sa alpinizmu, citlivo vníma skomercionalizovanie turizmu, ale do svojho zorného pola pojme i rodiace sa anarchistické hnutie.

      Tartarin v Alpách
      4,0
    • Výbor povídek z "Listů z mího mlýna" a z Pondělních povídek; přiřazena je delší povídka Krásná Niverňanka.

      Krásna Niverňanka
      3,8
    • Román popisuje život v Paříži, zachycuje osud nevěstky. Autor popisuje mužnou lásku k lidskému utrpení, jíž je kniha prodchnuta, tak jemností a delikátním taktem, s nímž zpracovává tuto látku.

      Sapfo
      3,0
    • S odvážným Tartarinem poznáte mravy a zvyky jihofrancouzského venkova, vydáte se do Alžírska na lov lvů a samozřejmě oceníte specifický lehký humor Alphonse Daudeta

      Tartarin z Tarasconu
      3,7
    • Lettres de mon moulin

      [édition abrégée]

      Par-devant maitre Honorat Grapazi, notaire a la residence de Pampengouste, A comparu. Le sieur Gaspard Mitifio, epoux de Vivette Cornille, menager au lieudit des Cigalieres et y demeurant Lequel par ces presentes a vendu et transporte sous les garanties de droit et de fait, et en franchise de toutes dettes, privileges et hypotheques, Au sieur Alphonse Daudet, poete, demeurant a Paris, a ce present et ce acceptant. Un moulin a vent et a farine, sis dans la vallee du Rhone, au plein coeur de Provence, sur une cote boisee de pins et de chenes verts; etant ledit moulin abandonne depuis plus de vingt annees et hors d'etat de moudre, comme il appert des vignes sauvages, mousses, romarins, et autres verdures parasites qui lui grimpent jusqu'au bout des ailes; Ce nonobstant, tel qu'il est et se comporte, avec sa grande roue cassee, sa plate-forme ou l'herbe pousse dans les briques, declare le sieur Daudet trouver ledit moulin a sa convenance et pouvant servir a ses travaux de poesie, l'accepte a ses risques et perils, et sans aucun recours contre le vendeur, pour cause de reparations qui pourraient y etre faites.

      Lettres de mon moulin
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    • Rosa und Ninette

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      Die Erzählung beleuchtet die emotionalen und psychologischen Auswirkungen einer Ehescheidung auf den Protagonisten, Regis de Fagan, einen Komödienautor. Nachdem seine unglückliche Ehe beendet ist, verwandelt sich seine anfängliche Erleichterung schnell in eine tiefe Traurigkeit über die Trennung von seinen beiden kleinen Töchtern, die bei der Mutter bleiben. Alphonse Daudet thematisiert eindringlich die Themen Verlust und Entfremdung, während er die komplexen Gefühle eines Vaters in einer schwierigen Lebenssituation einfängt.

      Rosa und Ninette
    • Tartarin de Tarascon est le personnage principal, sous forme d'antiheros, d'une serie de romans d'Alphonse Daudet, dont le premier fut publie en 1872. Cependant, puisque de nombreuses reeditions du premier tome Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de Tarascon ont ete simplifiees en Tartarin de Tarascon, le titre est desormais indissociable de son personnage.

      Tartarin de Tarascon. Tartarin von Tarascon, französ. Ausg.. Aventures prodigieuses
    • Port Tartarin

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      Nach dem Erfolg der beiden ersten Romane um den kleinbürgerlichen Möchtegernhelden Tartarin aus dem südfranzösischen Tarascon ließ Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) im Jahr 1890 noch einen dritten und abschließenden Band erscheinen: In »Port Tarascon« bricht Tartarin auf, um in der Südsee auf den abgelegenen polynesischen Inseln eine eigene Kolonie inklusive Hauptstadt zu gründen. Doch auch dieser groß angelegte Plan scheitert erneut auf groteske Weise.

      Port Tartarin