{"product_id":"tartarin-of-tarascon-by-alphonse-daudet-fiction-classics-literary-9781603123839","title":"Tartarin of Tarascon by Alphonse Daudet, Fiction, Classics, Literary","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCROWNED BY THE FRENCH ACADEMY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlphonse Daudet was a French novelist and playwright. \u003c\/strong\u003eHis father was a silk manufacturer who suffered reverses and lost his property. Daudet took a post as a schoolteacher at Ales, Gard, but found it intolerable, and moved to Paris to live with his brother, Ernest, who was working as a journalist. Daudet wrote poetry and several plays, and secured employment as a secretary to Morny, a Minister of Napoleon III.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTartarin of Tarascon\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale of the adventures of Tartarin, a local hero of Tarascon, a small town in southern France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book spawned two sequels: \u003cem\u003eTartarin sur les Alpes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePort-Tarascon, \u003c\/em\u003e as well as three film adaptations. Unpopular in the area of Tarascon when first issued, the Tartarin adventures made Tarascon famous, and there is now a museum in Tarascon devoted to Tartarin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603123839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Alphonse Daudet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52507548909749,"sku":"9781603123839","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_16d707e6-4f88-412a-8e12-f7395040de12.jpg?v=1778565692","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tartarin-of-tarascon-by-alphonse-daudet-fiction-classics-literary-9781603123839","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}