Alphonse Daudet

Letters from My Windmill

Collected tales of rural Provence told by a retired mailman at his windmill

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Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet

French author known for his warm, humorous, and often melancholic portrayals of life in Provence and Paris. His Tartarin de Tarascon trilogy is a beloved comic masterpiece, and his short stories rival Maupassant in craft.

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