Tartarin de Tarascon (Classiques Francais) (French Edition) [Paperback]

Alphonse Daudet (Author)

Book Description

Series: Classiques Francais | Publication Date: June 1996

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 157 pages
• Publisher: Brooking International (June 1996)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 2877143384
• ISBN-13: 978-2237000824
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,581,945 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true gem., July 2, 1998

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This review is from: Tartarin de Tarascon (French Edition) (Paperback)

When it comes to discovering the spirit of Provence, never mind Peter Mayle, nor even the wonderful Marcel Pagnol. Alponse Daudet was responsible for bringing the exquisite subteleties of the Provencal character to the notice of Northern France as early as 1872. The novel is written with such hilarity, yet such sensitivity, that it makes you desperate to retell it to anyone who will listen. Simply hilarious!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The anti-Quixote, February 7, 2001

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Guillermo Maynez (Mexico, Distrito Federal Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tartarin de Tarascon (Classiques Francais) (French Edition) (Paperback)

Just as Alonso Quijano went insane by so much reading of chivalry novels, Tartarin goes crazy from reading so many adventure novels. He comes to think he can accomplish whatever the heroes in the books have, and so decides to go to Africa to earn glory and honor. Just like Don Quixote, he is ill-equipped for the task, but that doesn't diminish his enthusiasm a bit. Tartarin wants to be a great hunter, so he goes to Algeria, where all he gets is to be robbed and kill a blind lion in a circus.

Tartarin is a great character of world literature, a funny man with disparate ideas and neverending trust in success. There are several novels about him, and this is the first of the series. Hilarious and irritating, this man and his adventures will make you laugh and think about your dreams and how good it is you never tried to make them come true.