Fromont and Risler
by Alphonse Daudet
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Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) was a French novelist. He was the father of Leon Daudet and Lucien Daudet. He 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. In 1866, Daudet's show more 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 popular sensation. It is, in the main, the story of his own earlier years told with much grace and pathos. 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), Sappho (1884), and L'Immortel (1888). show lessTags
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Fromont and Risler (1874) was Daudet's first commercial success, it launched his career as a famous novelist, or as he put it, "the dawn of his popularity." It was widely translated, printed in many editions and even "crowned" by the Academy.
This is my third Daudet book and each one has been very different but of consistent quality and charm. It's of course a bit old fashioned, but enjoyable, I have to admit getting drawn into the story and caring about the characters. If you enjoy Dickens or Zola or Balzac it's in the same class but with Daudet's charmingly breezy style.
Read via Project Gutenberg.
--Review by Stephen Balbach, via CoolReading (c) 2008 cc-by-nd
This is my third Daudet book and each one has been very different but of consistent quality and charm. It's of course a bit old fashioned, but enjoyable, I have to admit getting drawn into the story and caring about the characters. If you enjoy Dickens or Zola or Balzac it's in the same class but with Daudet's charmingly breezy style.
Read via Project Gutenberg.
--Review by Stephen Balbach, via CoolReading (c) 2008 cc-by-nd
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Novelist and short-story writer Alphonse Daudet was born on May 13, 1840 in Nimes, France. At the age of 14, he wrote his first novel. He worked as a teacher in Alais, a journalist in Paris, and as a private secretary for Duke de Morny from 1861 to 1865. He married fellow writer Julia Allard in 1867. He enlisted in the army during the show more Franco-Prussian war. He is primarily remembered for his sentimental tales of provincial life in the south of France. His novel Fromont the Younger and Risler the Elder won an award from the Academie Francaise. He died on December 16, 1897 in Paris. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Fromont and Risler
- Original title
- Fromont jeune et Risler aîné
- Alternate titles
- Fromont Junior and Risler Senior; Sidonie
- Original publication date
- 1874
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