Alphonse Daudet (May 13, 1840 - December 17, 1897) was a French novelist. He was the father of Léon Daudet. May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Léon Daudet (1867 – 1942) was a French author and an active Monarchist. ...

Alphonse Daudet

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Early life

Alphonse Daudet was born in Nîmes, Provence, France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the bourgeoisie. The father, Vincent Daudet, was a silk manufacturer - a man dogged through life by misfortune and failure. Alphonse, amid much truancy, had but a depressing boyhood. In 1856 he left Lyon, where his schooldays had been mainly spent, and began life as a schoolteacher at Alès, Gard, in the south of France. The position proved to be intolerable. As Dickens declared that all through his prosperous career he was haunted in dreams by the miseries of his apprenticeship to the blacking business, so Daudet says that for months after leaving Alès he would wake with horror thinking he was still among his unruly pupils. Location within France Nîmes is a city and commune of southern France, préfecture (capital) of the Gard département. ... Provence is a former Roman province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Frances border with Italy. ... Bourgeoisie () in modern use refers to the wealthy or propertied social class in a capitalist society. ... Silk weaver Silk is a natural protein fiber that can be woven into textiles. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... City motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. ... Alès is a town and commune in southern France, in the Languedoc-Roussillon région. ... Gard is a département located in le midi, the south of France, named after the river Gardon (or Gard). ... Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870), pen-name “Boz”, was an English novelist of the Victorian era. ...

On November 1, 1857 he abandoned teaching, and took refuge with his brother Ernest, only some three years his senior, who was trying, "and thereto soberly," to make a living as a journalist in Paris. Alphonse betook himself to his pen likewise, wrote poems, shortly collected into a small volume Les Amoureuses (1858), which met with a fair reception, obtained employment on the Figaro, then under Cartier de Villemessant's energetic editorship, wrote two or three plays, and began to be recognized, among those interested in literature, as possessing individuality and promise. Morny, Napoleon III's all-powerful minister, appointed him to be one of his secretaries, a post which he held till Morny's death in 1865, and showed him no small kindness. He had put his foot on the road to fortune. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Ernest Daudet (May 31, 1837 - August 20, 1921) was a French historian, biographer, journalist and novelist. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Le Figaro is one of the leading French morning daily newspapers. ... Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny ( October 21, 1811 - March 10, 1865), French statesman, was the natural son of Hortense de Beauharnais (wife of Louis Bonaparte, and queen of Holland) and Charles Joseph, comte de Flahaut, and therefore halfbrother of Napoleon III. He was born in Paris, and his... Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808 - January 9, 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais; both monarchs of the French puppet state, the Kingdom of Holland. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

Literary career

Daudet's Mill

In 1866, Daudet's Lettres de mon moulin, written in Clamart, near Paris, and alluding to a windmill in Fontvieille, Provence, won the attention of many readers. The first of his longer books, Le petit chose (1868), did not, however, produce any very popular sensation. It is, in the main, the story of his own earlier years told with much grace and pathos. The year 1872 brought the famous Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de Tarascon, and the three-act play L'Arlésienne. But Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1874) at once took the world by storm. It struck a note, not new certainly in English literature, but comparatively new in French. Here was a writer who possessed the gift of laughter and tears, a writer not only sensible to pathos and sorrow, but also to moral beauty. He could create too. His characters were real and also typical; the rates, the men who in life's battle had flashed in the pan, were touched with a master hand. The book was alive. It gave the illusion of a real world. Image File history File links Daudets Mill This picture is the uploaders personal property, and is hereby declared to be PD. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Daudets Mill This picture is the uploaders personal property, and is hereby declared to be PD. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Clamart is a city and commune in France, in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine. ... Pitstone Windmill, believed to be the oldest windmill in the British Isles A windmill is an engine powered by the energy of wind to mill grain, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. ... Alphonse Daudets Mill in Fontvieille Fontvieille is a village and commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône département, in southern France. ... Provence is a former Roman province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Frances border with Italy. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Tartarin de Tarascon is a 1872 French author Alphonse Daudet. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Jack, the story of an illegitimate child, a martyr to his mother's selfishness, which followed in 1876, served only to deepen the same impression. Henceforward his career was that of a very successful man of letters, publishing novel on novel, Le Nabab (1877), Les Rois en exil (1879), Numa Roumestan (1881), Sapho (1884), L'Immortel (1888), and writing for the stage at frequent intervals, giving to the world his reminiscences in Trente ans de Paris (1887), and Souvenirs d'un homme de lettres (1888). These, with the three Tartarins, Tartarin de Tarascon, Tartarin sur les Alpes, Port-Tarascon, and the admirable short stories, written for the most part before he had acquired fame and fortune, constitute his life work. An intellectual is a person who uses his or her intellect to study, reflect, and speculate on a variety of different ideas. ... This article is about the profession from the Dune universe. ...

Though Daudet defended himself from the charge of imitating Dickens, it is difficult altogether to believe that so many similarities of spirit and manner were quite unsought. What, however, was purely his own was his style. It is a style that may rightly be called "impressionist," full of light and colour, not descriptive after the old fashion, but flashing its intended effect by a masterly juxtaposition of words that are like pigments. Nor does it convey, like the style of the Goncourts, for example, a constant feeling of effort. It is full of felicity and charm, "un charmeur" Zola called him. An intimate friend of Edmond de Goncourt (who died in his house), of Flaubert, of Zola, Daudet belonged essentially to the naturalist school of fiction. His, own experiences, his surroundings, the men with whom he had been brought into contact, various persons who had played a part, more or less public, in Paris life, all passed into his art. But he vivified the material supplied by his memory. His world has the great gift of life. L'Immortel is a bitter attack on the Académie française, to which august body Daudet never belonged. Zola can refer to several things: Émile_Zola, the French novelist of the literary school of naturalism The alias of Bonginkosi Dlamini, a South African musician and actor The name of a ghetto in Soweto, South Africa Zola (Prix Jean Vigo 1955) a French movie by Jean Vidal Gianfranco Zola the... Edmond de Goncourt (May 26, 1822 – July 16, 1896), writer, critic, book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt. ... Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – Croisset, May 8, 1880) is counted among the greatest Western novelists. ... Naturalism is an outgrowth of realism, a prominent literary movement in late 19th century France and elsewhere. ... The Académie française, or French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ...

Daudet wrote some charming stories for children, among which may be mentioned La Belle Nivernaise, the story of an old boat and her crew.

His married life - he married in 1867 Julia Allard - seems to have been 'singularly happy.' There was perfect intellectual harmony, and Madame Daudet herself possessed much of his literary gift; she is known by her Impressions de nature et d'art (1879), L'Enfance d'une Parisienne (1883), and by some literary studies written under the pseudonym of Karl Steen. In his later years Daudet suffered from insomnia, failure of health and consequent use of chloral. Chloral is a colourless narcotic liquid, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol; treated with water it produces chloral hydrate. ...

Alphonse Daudet died in Paris, France on December 16, 1897 and was interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Looking down the hill at the Père Lachaise cemetery The Cimetière du Père Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris, and one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. ...

Works include

• Lettres de mon Moulin (1866; Free eBook of Lettres de mon Moulin at Project Gutenberg -- original language),
• La Petit Chose (1868),
• Tartarin de Tarascon (1872; Free eBook of Tartarin de Tarascon at Project Gutenberg -- original language, Free eBook of Tartarin de Tarascon at Project Gutenberg -- English version)
• Contes du Lundi (1875)
• Kings in Exile (1879)
• Tartarin sur les Alpes (1885; Free eBook of Tartarin sur les Alpes at Project Gutenberg -- English version)
• Port-Tarascon (1890)
• Fromont et Risler (Free eBook of Fromont et Risler at Project Gutenberg -- English version)
• The Nabob (Free eBook of The Nabob at Project Gutenberg -- English version)

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References

The story of Daudet's earlier years is told in his brother Ernest Daudet's Mon frère et moi. There is a good deal of autobiographical detail in Daudet's Trente ans de Paris and Souvenirs d'un homme de lettres, and also scattered in his other books. The references to him in the Journal des Goncourt are numerous. Ernest Daudet (May 31, 1837 - August 20, 1921) was a French historian, biographer, journalist and novelist. ...

External links

• Biography, Bibliography (in French)

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