See also:

• ALPHONSE, COUNT OF TOULOUSE AND OF POITIERS (I220-1271)

ALPHONSE See also:

• ALPHONSE DAUDET (1840-1897)

DAUDET (1840-1897)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French novelist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NIMES
• NIMES, COUNCILS OF (Concilia Nemausensia)

Nimes on the 13th of May 1840 . His See also:

• FAMILY

family, on both sides, belonged to the bourgeoisie . The See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent See also:

• DAUDET, ALPHONSE (1840-1897)

Daudet, was a See also:

• SILK

silk manufacturer—a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man dogged through See also:

• LIFE

life by misfortune and failure . The lad, amid much truancy, had but a depressing boy-See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood . In 1856 he See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons, where his schooldays had been mainly spent, and began life as an See also:

• USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
• USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)

usher at See also:

• ALAIS

Alais, in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south . The position proved to be intolerable . As See also:

• DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM (1812-187o)

Dickens declared that all through his prosperous career he was haunted in dreams by the miseries of his See also:

• APPRENTICESHIP (from Fr. apprendre, to learn)

apprenticeship to the blacking business, so Daudet says that for months after leaving Alais he would See also:

• WAKE (A.S. wacan, to " wake " or " watch ")
• WAKE, THOMAS (1297-1349)
• WAKE, WILLIAM (1657-1737)

wake with horror thinking he was still among his unruly pupils . On the 1st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1857 he abandoned teaching, and took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Ernest, only some three years his See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior, who was trying, " and thereto soberly," to make a living as a journalist in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . See also:

• ALPHONSE, COUNT OF TOULOUSE AND OF POITIERS (I220-1271)

Alphonse betook himself to his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen likewise, —wrote poems, shortly collected into a small See also:

• VOLUME

volume See also:

• LES

Les Amoureuses (1858), which met with a See also:

• FAIR

fair reception,—obtained employment on the See also:

• FIGARO

Figaro, then under See also:

• CARTIER, JACQUES (149.1-'1557)
• CARTIER, SIR GEORGES ETIENNE

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 . See also:

• MORNY, CHARLES AUGUSTE LOUIS JOSEPH

Morny, the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor's all-powerful See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, appointed him to be one of his secretaries, —a See also:

• POST

post which he held till Morny's See also:

• DEATH

death in 1865,—and showed him no small kindness . He had put his See also:

• FOOT

foot on the road to See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . In 1866 appeared Lettres demon See also:

• MOULIN (Fr. moulin, a mill)

moulin,which won the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of many readers .

The first of his longer books, Le See also:

• PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART

petit See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose (1868), did not, however, produce any very popular sensation . It is, in its See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main feature, the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of his own earlier years told with much See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace and pathos . The See also:

• YEAR

year 1872 produced the famous Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de See also:

• TARASCON

Tarascon, and the three-See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act piece L'Arlesienne . But Fromont jeune et Risler aine (1874) at once took the See also:

• WORLD

world by See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm . It struck a See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note, not new certainly in See also:

• ENGLISH

English literature, but comparatively new in French . Here was a writer who possessed the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of See also:

• LAUGHTER

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 See also:

• BATTLE

battle had flashed in the See also:

• PAN (" pasturer ")
• PAN (common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Pfanne; it is generally taken to be an early adaptation in a shortened form of Lat. patina, shallow bowl or dish, from patere, to lie open)

pan, were touched with a See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . The See also:

• BOOK

book was alive . It gave the illusion of a real world . See also:

• JACK

Jack, the Story of an illegitimate See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, a See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr to his See also:

• MOTHER

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,—See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing novel on novel, Le Nabab (1877), Les Rois en exil (1879), Numa Roumestan (1881), Sapho (1884), L'Immortel (1888),-and See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing for the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

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 Tartarin, Tartarin the mighty See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

hunter, Tartarin the mountaineer, Tartarin the colonist,—and the admirable See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short stories, written for the most See also:

• PART

part before he had acquired fame and fortune, constitute his life See also:

• WORK

work . Though Daudet defended himself from the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

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 See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . It is a style that may rightly be called "impressionist," full of See also:

• LIGHT

light and See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, not descriptive after the old See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion, but flashing its intended effect by a masterly juxtaposition of words that are like See also:

• PIGMENTS (Lat. pigmentum, from pingere, to paint)

pigments . Nor does it convey, like the style of the Goncourts, for example, a See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant feeling of effort . It is full of felicity and See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm,—un charmeur See also:

• ZOLA, EMILE EDOUARD CHARLES ANTOINE (1840-1902)

Zola has called him . An intimate friend of Edmond de See also:

• GONCOURT, DE

Goncourt (who died in his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house), of See also:

• FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE (1821-1880)

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 See also:

• ART

art . But he vivified the material supplied by his memory . His world has the See also:

• GREAT

great gift of life . L'Immortel is a See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter attack on the French See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, to which See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

august See also:

• BODY

body Daudet never belonged . Daudet wrote some charming stories for See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, among which may be mentioned La Belle Nivernaise, the story of an old boatand her See also:

• CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
• CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)

crew .

His married life—he married in 1867 Julia Allard —seems to have been singularly happy . There was perfect intellectual See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony, and Madame Daudet herself possessed much of his See also:

• LITERARY

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 See also:

• PSEUDONYM (Gr. >l ev&,vuµos, having a false name, ¢Evirls, false and ovoµa, name)

pseudonym of Karl See also:

• STEEN, JAN HAVICKSZ (1626-1.679)

Steen . In his later years Daudet suffered from See also:

• INSOMNIA

insomnia, failure of See also:

• HEALTH

health and consequent use of See also:

• CHLORAL

chloral . He died in Paris on the 17th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1897 . The story of Daudet's earlier years is told in his brother Ernest Daudet's Mon See also:

• FRERE, JOHN HOOKHAM (1769-1846)
• FRERE, PIERRE EDOUARD (1819-1886)
• FRERE, SIR HENRY BARTLE EDWARD (1815-1884)

frere et moi . There is a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal of autobiographical detail in Daudet's Trente ans de Paris and Souvenirs d'un See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home de lettres, and also scattered in his other books . The references to him in the See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal See also:

• DES

des Goncourt are numerous . See also L . A . Daudet, Alphonse Daudet (1898), and See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical and See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical essays by R . H . Sherard (1894) ; by A .

Gerstmann (1883) ; by B . Diederich (1900); by A . Hermant (1903), and a bibliography by J . Brivois (1895); also The See also:

• WORKS

Works of Alphonse Daudet, translated by L . Ensor, H . See also:

• FRITH (or FRYTH), JOHN (c. 1503-1533)
• FRITH, WILLIAM POWELL (1818-19og)

Frith, E . Bartow (1902, etc.) . See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

Criticism of Daudet is also to be found in F . Brunetiere, Le See also:

• ROMAN

Roman naturaliste (new ed., 1897); J . See also:

• LEMAITRE, FRANCOIS ELIE JULES (1853— )

Lemaitre, Les Contemporains (vols. ii. and iv.); G . Pellissier, Le Mouvement litteraire au XIX' siecle (189o); A . See also:

• SYMONS
• SYMONS, GEORGE JAMES (1838-1900)

Symons, Studies in See also:

• PROSE

Prose and See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

Verse (1904) .

(F . T .