Daudet

Alphonse, al-fons do-da (1840-1897), a French novelist. He was born at Nimes, and educated at the Lyons Lycee. He went to Paris and began to write verse when about seventeen years of age. His work met with some degree of success and he continued to write, contributing both prose and poetry to various periodicals. From 1862 to 1872 he produced a number of dramas which were only moderately successful. He produced during the remainder of his life many novels and humorous writings. Among those most popular in America are Jack, Kings in Exile, Letters from My Mill, Tartarin of Tarascon, a good humored satire directed toward the author's compatriots, and Tartarin on the Alps.