Letters from My Windmill

Author(s): Alphonse Daudet

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Alphonse Daudet's novels established him as the most successful writer in France by the end of the XIX century. Throughout his working life in Paris Daudet never lost his almost umbilical attachment to Provence. Here, he presents tales of that region that are characterised by tenderness and delicacy, as well as wistfulness and wry humour.

General Information

  • : 9780140443349
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.174
  • : 01 May 1978
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Alphonse Daudet
  • : Paperback
  • : E. Ardizzone
  • : English
  • : 848.808
  • : 224
  • : Ill.

More About The Product

Alphonse Daudet was born at Nimes in 1840. He is chiefly remembered today for LETTERS FROM MY WINDMILL which appeared in 1866, and for his Tartarin novels, a sequence of burlesque tales of Provencal life. Daudet died in 1897.