Author: Daudet, Alphonse
Title: Tartarin of Tarascon and Tartarin on the Alps (Everyman's Library No. 423)
Description: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd. London, 1961. Reprint, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. patterned end-papers; introduction by Jean-Pierre Richard. The Tartarin books are considered to be Alphonse Daudet's (1840-1897) masterwork, albeit one described as "an heroical farce" and " a comedy written with white wine" written "much of the sunshine and all the exterior qualities" of Provence. The Provençal town of Tarascon is so enthusiastic about hunting that no game lives anywhere near it, and its inhabitants resort to telling hunting stories and throwing their own caps in the air to shoot at them. Tartarin, a plump middle-aged man, is the chief "cap-hunter", but following his enthusiastic reaction to seeing an Atlas lion in a travelling menagerie, the over-imaginative town understands him to be planning a hunting expedition to Algeria. So as not to lose face, Tartarin is forced to go, after gathering an absurd mass of equipment and weapons. On the boat from Marseille to Algiers, he hooks up with a conman posing as a Montenegrin prince who takes advantage of him in multiple ways. Tartarin's gullibility causes him a number of misadventures until he returns home penniless but covered in glory after shooting a tame, blind lion. 8 page list of selected Everyman titles to rear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xvi + 230+ 8. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket has small closed tears, but otherwise complete and overall sound.. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. blue cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; French Literature; Novels; France; 19th century; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 4512.

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