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Alphonse Daudet
1840–1897
Best remembered for warm, vivid stories of Provence, this French novelist and short-story writer mixed humor, feeling, and close observation of everyday life. His books helped make pieces like Letters from My Mill and Tartarin of Tarascon enduring classics of 19th-century French literature.
46 Audiobooks
Contes de lundi
by Alphonse Daudet
Lettres de mon moulin
by Alphonse Daudet
Nivernain kaunotar: Kertomus eräästä vanhasta aluksesta ja sen väestöstä
by Alphonse Daudet
Maanantai-tarinoita: Valikoima
by Alphonse Daudet
Cartas de mi molino
by Alphonse Daudet
Fromont nuorempi ja Risler vanhempi: Parisin tapoja
by Alphonse Daudet
Les femmes d'artistes
by Alphonse Daudet
Taiteilijan avioliitto : Pariisilaisia kuvia
by Alphonse Daudet
Dix contes modernes des meilleurs auteurs du jour
by Paul Arène, Alphonse Daudet, Ernest Daudet, Henry de Forge, Ernest Laut, Guy de Maupassant, Montjoyeux, François de Nion, Jacques Normand, Jean du Rébrac
Tartarin sur les Alpes
by Alphonse Daudet
Artists' Wives
by Alphonse Daudet
Lettres de mon moulin
by Alphonse Daudet
L'Immortel Moeurs parisiennes
by Alphonse Daudet
Tartarin of Tarascon
by Alphonse Daudet
Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant)
by Alphonse Daudet
Fromont and Risler — Volume 2
by Alphonse Daudet
Fromont and Risler — Volume 4
by Alphonse Daudet
La Belle-Nivernaise: Histoire d'un vieux bateau et de son équipage
by Alphonse Daudet
Le petit chose
by Alphonse Daudet
Numa Roumestan
by Alphonse Daudet
Kirjeitä myllyltäni
by Alphonse Daudet
Port-Tarascon: Dernières aventures de l'illustre Tartarin
by Alphonse Daudet
The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by Alphonse Daudet
Tarasconin Tartarin
by Alphonse Daudet
Numa Roumestan: Moeurs Parisiennes
by Alphonse Daudet
The Nabob
by Alphonse Daudet
Tartarin de Tarascon
by Alphonse Daudet
The Nabob, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Alphonse Daudet
Fromont and Risler — Volume 1
by Alphonse Daudet
Tartarin de Tarascon
by Alphonse Daudet
Le nabab, tome I
by Alphonse Daudet
Kuninkaita maanpaossa II
by Alphonse Daudet
Widger's Quotes and Images from Fromont and Risler by Alphonse Daudet The French Immortals: Quotes and Images
by Alphonse Daudet
Pikku mies
by Alphonse Daudet
The Immortal; Or, One of the "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877
by Alphonse Daudet
Jack 1877
by Alphonse Daudet
Robert Helmont: Diary of a Recluse, 1870-1871
by Alphonse Daudet
Sapho
by Alphonse Daudet
Fromont and Risler — Volume 3
by Alphonse Daudet
Fromont and Risler — Complete
by Alphonse Daudet
Kuninkaita maanpaossa I
by Alphonse Daudet
Tartarin on the Alps
by Alphonse Daudet
Le nabab, tome II
by Alphonse Daudet
Kuvaelmia ja kertomuksia
by Alphonse Daudet
L'Arlésienne : Pièce en trois actes et cinq tableaux
by Alphonse Daudet
La arlesiana : Drama en tres actos y cinco cuadros
by Alphonse Daudet
About the author
Born in Nîmes in 1840, Alphonse Daudet grew up through family financial hardship after his father's business failed. He spent part of his youth in Lyon and briefly worked as a schoolteacher before moving to Paris, where he began building a literary career.
Daudet first published poetry, then became widely known for fiction and drama. He is especially associated with stories set in southern France, including Letters from My Mill, and with the lively, comic adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon. Readers and critics have long admired the way his writing blends regional color, sympathy for ordinary people, and a sharp eye for human weakness.
His own difficult early experiences also shaped works such as the semi-autobiographical Le Petit Chose. Daudet died in Paris in 1897, but his storytelling remains inviting and approachable, full of atmosphere, wit, and emotional warmth.